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hormogonium
[ hawr-muh-goh-nee-uhm ]
noun
plural hormogonia
- Microbiology a portion of filament in cyanobacteria that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó´Ç°ù·³¾´Ç²µÂ·´Ç·²Ô´Ç³Ü²õ [hawr-, mog, -, uh, -n, uh, s], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hormogonium1
First recorded in 1880–85; from New Latin hormogonium, from Greek ³ó´Ç°ù³¾(ḗ) “impetus, impulse†+ -o- ( def ) + -gonium ( def )
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