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hormogonium

[hawr-muh-goh-nee-uhm]

noun

plural

hormogonia 

  1. Microbiologya portion of filament in cyanobacteria that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.

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Other Word Forms

  • hormogonous adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hormogonium1

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

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