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globoid

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glo·boid  (glboid)
adj.
Having a globelike shape; spheroid.
n.
A globe-shaped object.

globoid [ˈgləʊbɔɪd]
adj
shaped approximately like a globe
n
a globoid body, such as any of those occurring in certain plant granules


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Like a human with Krabbe's disease, the twitcher mouse lacks galactosylceramidase, has brain tissue infiltrated with the abnormal fat-containing globoid cells, and loses the myelin sheaths around nerves.
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