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• gonium
  gonium

  noun

  the germ cell during the phase marked by mitosis.
• -gonium
  -gonium

  a combining form of gonium.

gonium

¹ American  

[goh-nee-uhm] / ˈgoʊ ni əm /

noun

Cell Biology.

• gonia
  plural

1. the germ cell during the phase marked by mitosis.

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-gonium ² American  

1. a combining form of gonium.

   archegonium.

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-gonium British  

combining form

1. indicating a seed or reproductive cell

   archegonium

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Usage

What does -gonium mean? The combining form -gonium is used like a suffix meaning “gonium,” meaning "the germ cell during the phase marked by mitosis." The form -gonium is also used more generally to mean "seed" or "reproductive cell." It is occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in biology. The form -gonium comes from Greek gónos, meaning “seed, generation.”

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gonia
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gonium

From New Latin; see origin at gon-, -ium

Example Sentences

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gonia

Sanskrit words such as gonia, for angle, kentra, for centre, hora, for hour, he points out as clearly of Greek origin, and imported into Sanskrit.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller

GUNNY, a sort of cloth, the name of which is supposed to be derived from ganga or gania of Rumphius, or from gonia, a vernacular name of the Crotolaria juncea—a plant common in Madras.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various