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hormogonium

American

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

noun

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

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

hormogonous

adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

hormogonia

plural

Etymology

Origin of hormogonium

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

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