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rhabdom

[ rab-duhm, -dom ]

noun

, Anatomy, Zoology.
  1. any of various rod-shaped structures.
  2. the rod-shaped portion of an arthropod ommatidium.


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Other Words From

  • rhab·do·mal [rab-, doh, -m, uh, l, rab, -d, uh, -m, uh, l], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rhabdom1

1875–80; < Late Greek rhábdōma bundle of rods; rhabdo-, -oma
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Example Sentences

Rhabdom: the rod lying in the axis of the retinula, below the crystalline cone of an eye.

B, Rhabdom of the same, consisting of five confluent rhabdomeres.

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