See Also: microneme(medicine)

dorm (iou) and microneme (medicine)


dorm (iou)



dorm noun. colloq. E20.
[Abbreviation.]
= DORMITORY noun 1.

microneme (medicine)


microneme


A small, osmiophilic, cordlike twisted organelle found in the anterior region of many sporozoans; one of the characteristics that helps to define the subphylum Apicomplexa.

Synonym: sarconeme.

Origin: micro-+ G. Nema, thread