单词 | protomerite |
释义 | protomeriten. Zoology. In certain gregarine protozoans: a distinct anterior section of the main body. Cf. deutomerite n. at deuto- comb. form 2, epimerite n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Sporozoa > subclass Teleosporidia > [noun] > order Gregarinida > member of > member of suborder Polycystidea > anterior segment of protomerite1885 1885 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 854/1 Order 2. Septata, Lankester... Gregarinidea in which in the adult the medullary substance is separated into two chambers—a smaller anterior (the protomerite) and a larger posterior (the deutomerite), in which lies the nucleus. 1913 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 32 260 The septum between the protomerite and the deutomerite is usually well developed but in some genera..the septum is wanting, the protomerite being represented by but a constriction. 1962 J. D. Smyth Introd. Animal Parasitol. vi. 73 In some forms [of gregarines], the protomerite is drawn out into a specialised region for attachment. 1997 Jrnl. Parasitol. 83 502 The septate gregarine parasites of flour beetles..include Gregarina minuta.., a relatively small species in which both primite and satellite possess an obvious protomerite. Derivatives ˌprotomeˈritic adj. rare. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Protomeritic, pertaining to the protomerite of a gregarine. 1981 Annales de Sciences Naturelles 3 231 Ultrastructural studies of the protomeritic nucleus of Grebnickiella bhatia..show it to be a protein concentration with a paracrystalline structure. 2004 Jrnl. Parasitol. 90 303 (caption) Trophozoites in precocious association separated to detail the nature of the satellite's protomeritic cupule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885 |
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