axoneme

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(aksə nēm′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ax•o•neme  (aksə nēm′),USA pronunciation n. [Cell Biol.]
  1. the shaft within a flagellum or cilium, containing twenty microtubules arranged as nine doublets and two singlets. Cf. nine plus two array.
  • Greek nêma thread
  • axo- + -neme 1900–05


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