anastate

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anastate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  anastate \an"a*state\ ([a^]n"[.a]*st[asl]t), n. [Gr. 'ana` up +
     ista`nai 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.
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