Usually means: Sac-like spore capsule in fungi.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. ascus: Merriam-Webster
  2. ascus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ascus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ascus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ascus: Vocabulary.com
  6. ascus: Wordnik
  7. ascus: Wiktionary
  8. ascus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ascus: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ascus: Dictionary.com
  11. Ascus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Ascus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. ascus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. ascus: Rhymezone
  15. Ascus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. ascus: FreeDictionary.org
  17. ascus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. ascus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. ascus: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ascus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. ASCUS: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. ASCUS, Ascus: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  6. ASCUS: Medical dictionary
  7. ASCUS, Ascus: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ASCUS: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See asci as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ascus)

noun:  (mycology) A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.

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