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amphiaster
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amphiaster, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + 'asth`r a star.].
The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle. [1913 Webster]
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