mitom, mitome Biol.
(ˈmaɪtɒm, -əʊm)
Also in mod. Latin form.
[ad. mod.L. mitōma (mɪˈtəʊmə), f. Gr. µίτος thread: see mitosis and cf. carcinoma, sarcoma, etc.]
Flemming's name for the mass of fibrils of protoplasm in the body of a cell.
| 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life p. xxi, Protoplasm..as a rule..is more or less vesicular, consisting of a denser substance (mitome) enclosing droplets of a more fluid character (enchylema, paramitome). 1898 Klein & Edkins Elem. Histol. 11 The divided nuclear mitoma. 1900 Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Mitom. |