The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄξων“axis”
- English todayaxoneme
From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”) + νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄξων all →
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axoneme
Today it means: A bundle of nine microtubules forming the internal scaffolding of a cilium, with two extra central microtubules connecting the others if the cilium is motile Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἄξων