axoneme: Meaning and Definition of

ax•o•neme

Pronunciation: (ak'su-nēm"), [key]
— n. Cell Biol.
  1. the shaft within a flagellum or cilium, containing twenty microtubules arranged as nine doublets and two singlets. Cf. nine plus two array.
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