See Also: rhabdom(medicine)
rhabdom(dictionary)

rhabdom (iou)



rhabdom noun. Also rhabdome. L19.
[Late Greek rhabdoma, from rhabdos rod: see -OME.]
Zoology. A translucent cylinder forming part of the light-sensitive receptor in an arthropod eye and consisting of fused rhabdomeres from adjacent cells.
rhabdomere noun a regular array of microvilli in an arthropod visual cell L19.
rhabdomeric adjective of or pertaining to a rhabdomere or rhabdomeres M20.