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Webster 1913 Edition

(ăn′ȧ-stā̍t)

Noun.

[Gr.

ἀνά

up +

ιστάναι

to make to stand.]

(Physiol.)

One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; – opposed to

katastate

Foster.

anastate ‎(plural anastates)

(biology) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm.
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