Disdiaclast

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disdiaclast \Dis*di"a*clast\, n. [Gr. di`s- twice + diakla^n to
     break in twain; dia` through + kla^n to break.] (Physiol.)
     One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disks
     of muscle fibers.
     [1913 Webster]