Medical Definition of Haptonema

1. Filament extending between the paired flagella of certain unicellular algae (haptophytes). Supported by 6 or 7 microtubules (not in an axoneme like array) and apparently used for capturing prey in a manner analogous to the axopodia of heliozoa. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haptonema

hapteron
hapterons
haptic
haptical
haptically
haptics
haptics
haptic hallucination
haptic sensation
haptodysphoria
haptoglobin
haptoglobin
haptoglobins
haptoglobins
haptometer
haptonema (current term)
haptotaxis
haptotropism
hapu
hapuku
hapus
haqueton
haquetons
Har
hara-kiri
hara-kiri
Harada
Harada's disease
Harada's syndrome
Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini

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