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   Arthrospore (?), n. [Gr.  joint + E. spore.] (Bacteriol.)
   1. A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
   
   2. one of the small conidia occurring arranged in chains in certain fungi.  Called also oidium.
   
   [PJC]
   
    -- Ar`thro*spor"ic (#), Ar*thros"po*rous (#), a.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]