desmachyme Biol.
(ˈdɛsməkaɪm)
[f. desma + chyme (Gr. χυµός animal or vegetable juice, χύµα(τ- liquid).]
A suggested name (now abandoned) for the connective tissue of sponges, formed of desmacytes. Hence desmachymatous (-ˈkɪmətəs) a., of, pertaining to, or of the nature of desmachyme.
| 1887 Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 422/1 A layer of thickly felted desmachyme. Ibid. 420/2 A desmachymatous sheath surrounds the whole. |