Spot - Biology

Biology

  • Spot croaker, a fish (Leiostomus xanthurus)
  • SpoT (Biology), a bacterial protein that hydrolizes (p)ppGpp
  • Any of several typically spot-forming fungal or bacterial leaf diseases on plants, caused, for example, by Diplocarpon variants (black spot on roses)
  • Pimple, a skin blemish
  • Campbell de Morgan spots, small red spots on the skin (usually harmless)
  • Metrorrhagia, vaginal bleeding not synchronized with a menstrual period

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