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mitome

mitome noun: the denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.

Noun

mitome

  1. (obsolete) The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.

Origin of mitome

From Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “a thread”) + -ωμα (-ōma). According to the OED, the functional origin of -ome.

Words formed from mitome

Questions about mitome

What does mitome mean?
Mitome means the denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.
What part of speech is mitome?
Mitome is a noun.

Words near mitome in the dictionary

  1. mitokine
  2. mitokines
  3. mitokorozeme
  4. mitokorozemes
  5. mitolactol
  6. mitome
  7. mitomorphological
  8. mitomorphology
  9. mitomycin
  10. mitomycins
  11. mitonafide

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