axoneme

[ ak-suh-neem ]
/ ˈæk səˌnim /

noun Cell Biology.

the shaft within a flagellum or cilium, containing twenty microtubules arranged as nine doublets and two singlets.

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Origin of axoneme

1900–05; axo- + -neme < Greek nêma thread

Words nearby axoneme

axolysis, axometer, axon, axon hillock, axon terminals, axoneme, axonography, axonometer, axonometric, axonometric projection, axonometry
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Medical definitions for axoneme

axoneme
[ ăk′sə-nēm′ ]

n.

The axial thread of a chromosome.
axial filament
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