Definition of kinetoplast
:a DNA-containing organelle especially of trypanosomes usually found in an elongated mitochondrian located adjacent to the basal body
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:an extranuclear DNA-containing organelle of kinetoplastid protozoans that is usually found in an elongated mitochondrion located adjacent to the basal body
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