nonspore

== English == === Etymology === From non- +‎ spore. === Noun === nonspore (plural nonspores) Something (generally an organism) which is not a spore. 1998, National Research Council, […] , Review of Mass Spectrometry and Bioremediation Programs of the Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center (National Academies Press, →ISBN), page 25: It was only able to differentiate proteins from nonproteins and spores from nonspores. An improved version of the instrument has been developed by Bruker-Franzen (Germany), but because of its shortcomings, Oak Ridge National Laboratory [...]