tetrahymena

[ te-truh-hahy-muh-nuh ]

/ ˌtɛ trəˈhaɪ mə nə /

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noun Biology.

any ciliated protozoan of the genus Tetrahymena, a relative of the paramecium: often used in genetics research.

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Origin of tetrahymena

<New Latin (1940); see tetra-, hymen, -a²; so named from the four membranous ciliary organelles that characterized a cytostomal pattern exemplified by this genus

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