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单词 tomiparous
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tomiparousadj.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin tomiparus , -ous suffix; French tomipare , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin tomiparus (1834 or earlier) or its apparent model French tomipare (1822 or earlier as noun, denoting organisms which propagate in this way, 1823 or earlier as adjective; < ancient Greek τομή cutting, section (see -tome comb. form) + French -pare -parous comb. form) + -ous suffix. N.E.D. (1913) gives the pronunciation as (tomi·părəs) /təʊˈmɪpərəs/.
Biology. Obsolete.
Of a cell or organism: reproducing by division, fissiparous; (of spores) forming by successive division.
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fissiparous1835
tomiparous1842
scissiparous1845
tetraschistic1885
segmenting1912
plasmotomic1949
1842 Encycl. Brit. XI. 222/2 Notwithstanding the observations of Trembley and Roesel, their [sc. naidid worms'] tomiparous generation is doubted by Bosc.
1851 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 7 95 Sporophores short, at length, as observed by Dr. Montagne, tomiparous, as in Oidium.
1868 W. Aitken Sci. & Pract. Med. I. 654 The spores then, by progressive (tomiparous) partition.., resolve into very small cells.
1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 272 The external papillæ are formed by the ends of short, hair-like, tomiparous cells, which are remarkable from their habit of breaking off at the joints under slight pressure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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