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des•mid  (dez′mid),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Microbiologyany single-celled freshwater algae of the family Desmidiaceae, characterized by a division of the body into mirror-image halves joined by a bridge containing the nucleus, and having a spiny or bristly exterior: sometimes forming into colonies or branching filaments.
  • Greek desm(ós) a band, chain (compare deîn to fasten) + Neo-Latin -idium -idium
  • Neo-Latin Desmidium a genus of the family
  • 1860–65
des•mid′i•an, adj. 

'desmid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
desmitis - desmoid - desmosome

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