hormogonium

American  

[hawr-muh-goh-nee-uhm] / ˌhɔr məˈgoʊ ni əm /

noun

PLURAL

hormogonia

1. Microbiology  a portion of filament in cyanobacteria that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.

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Other Word Forms

• hormogonous adjective

Etymology

Origin of hormogonium

First recorded in 1880–85; from New Latin hormogonium, from Greek horm(ḗ) “impetus, impulse” + -o- ( def. ) + -gonium ( def. )