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mitome

The English word “mitome” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “a thread”) + -ωμα (-ōma). According to the OED, the functional origin of -ome.

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