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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONIDIUM

From New Latin, from Greek konis dust + ium.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONIDIUM

conidium  [kəʊˈnɪdɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONIDIUM

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conidium is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CONIDIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Conidium

Conidia, sometimes termed asexual chlamydospores, or chlamydoconidia are asexual, non-motile spores of a fungus, from the Greek word for dust, konis. They are also called mitospores due to the way they are generated through the cellular process of mitosis. The two new haploid cells are genetically identical to the haploid parent, and can develop into new organisms if conditions are favorable, and serve in biological dispersal. Asexual reproduction in Ascomycetes is by the formation of conidia, which are borne on specialized stalks called conidiophores. The morphology of these specialized conidiophores is often distinctive of a specific species and can therefore be used in identification of the species. The terms "microconidia" and "macroconidia" are sometimes used.

Definition of conidium in the English dictionary

The definition of conidium in the dictionary is an asexual spore formed at the tip of a specialized hypha in fungi such as Penicillium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONIDIUM


caladium
kəˈleɪdɪəm
clostridium
klɒˈstrɪdɪəm
cryptosporidium
ˌkrɪptəʊspɔːˈrɪdɪəm
ctenidium
tɪˈnɪdɪəm
cymbidium
sɪmˈbɪdɪəm
gonidium
ɡəˈnɪdɪəm
idiom
ˈɪdɪəm
iridium
aɪˈrɪdɪəm
oidium
əʊˈɪdɪəm
oncidium
ɒnˈsɪdɪəm
palladium
pəˈleɪdɪəm
presidium
prɪˈsɪdɪəm
pycnidium
pɪkˈnɪdɪəm
pycnoconidium
ˌpɪknəʊkəˈnɪdɪəm
radium
ˈreɪdɪəm
rubidium
ruːˈbɪdɪəm
stadium
ˈsteɪdɪəm
vanadium
vəˈneɪdɪəm
venidium
vɛˈnɪdɪəm
zoogonidium
ˌzəʊəɡəˈnɪdɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONIDIUM

conically
conicine
conicity
conics
conidia
conidial
conidian
conidiophore
conidiophorous
conidiospore
conies
conifer
coniferous
coniform
coniine
conima
conin
conine
coniology
coniosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONIDIUM

aecidium
antheridium
ascidium
aspidium
basidium
chromidium
coccidium
cormidium
glochidium
hesperidium
medium
miracidium
nephridium
ommatidium
osmiridium
peridium
platiniridium
pygidium
sphaeridium
sporidium
stichidium

Synonyms and antonyms of conidium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «conidium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONIDIUM

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The translations of conidium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conidium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

分生孢子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conidium
570 millions of speakers

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conidium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

conidium
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غبيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конидии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conídios
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

conidium
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conidie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Conidium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Conidium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

分生子
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

conidium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Conidium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bào tử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

conidium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉनिडीयम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

conidium
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

conidium
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

konidiów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

конидии
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conidii
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

κονιδίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

conidium
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

konidium
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

conidium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of conidium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONIDIUM»

The term «conidium» is normally little used and occupies the 145.661 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONIDIUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about conidium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONIDIUM»

Discover the use of conidium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conidium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aspergillus and Aspergillosis
... as producing either single series or double series of sterigmata, the second key characteristic in Aspergillus. The sterigmata are defined as the conidium- producing cells which usually develop simultaneously on the fertile area of the vesicle.
Hugo Van Den Bossche, Donald W. R. MacKenzie, Geert Cauwenbergh, 1988
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The Air Spora: A manual for catching and identifying ...
Fungal spores – Mitosporic 01 Septoria tritici, conidium, [wheat leaf spot], UK,s 02 Phoma lingam, conidia, (see Leptosphaeria maculans) [canker of brassicas], UK, s 03 Cylindrosporium concentricum, conidium (see Pyrenopeziza brassicae), ...
Maureen E. Lacey, Jonathan S. West, 2007
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Microbial Technology
C. Conidiospores-Conidia A specialized non motile asexual spore usually caducous, not developed by cytoplasmic cleavage (sporangiospores) or free cell formation (ascospores), but developed from a conidium initial or a part of cell from ...
Rajni Gupta, K. G. Mukerji, 2001
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Systematics and Evolution
Hughes (1953), who proposed that conidium ontogeny be used as a primary character for sorting anamorphic fungi. Many refinements to the complexly defined eight "sections" of the Hughes system were proposed, for example by Tubaki ...
David J. McLaughlin, Karl Esser, Paul A. Lemke, 2001
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The Biology of Fungi Impacting Human Health
The primary conidium commonly is discharged forcibly. Basidiobolus condia are released through a 'rocket mechanism' in contrast to the 'papillar eversion' mechanism used by Conidiobolus (White et al. 2006). The mechanism used in ...
WA Shipton, 2012
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Introduction to Fungi
(a) Primary cornute conidium (type 1). Note the bitunicate wall. (b) Primary cornute conidium germinating to produce a secondary globose conidium (type 2). (c) Secondary stellate conidium (type 3) which has developed from a submerged  ...
John Webster, Roland Weber, 2007
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Fungi As Biocontrol Agents: Progress Problems and Potential
Rhizoid of Zoophthora forficulae attaching the earvvig host, Forficula forficularia ( Dermaptera: Forficulidae), to the vegetation. Scale bar = 10 pm. Fig. 4.30. Primary conidium of Entomophthora sp. nov. being discharged from a cantharid beetle, ...
T. M. Butt, C. Jackson, N. Magan, 2001
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21st Century Guidebook to Fungi with CD
As the phialide A rupture new wall conidium initial nuclear division B septum conidium C phialide new conidium conidium nuclear division D Fig. 9.6 Development of conidia from a phialide. A, slightly elongated phialide with a single wall.
David Moore, Geoffrey D. Robson, Anthony P. J. Trinci, 2011
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Fundamental Medical Mycology
Conidia are produced in an acropetal manner (with the youngest conidium at the tip and the oldest at the base). Source: H. J. Shadomy. (a) (b) (c) Figure 2.5 Enteroblastic conidiogenesis. Conidia are produced within the conidiogenous cell ...
Errol Reiss, H. Jean Shadomy, G. Marshall Lyon, 2011
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Clavicipitalean Fungi: Evolutionary Biology, Chemistry, ...
... elongate rapidly perpendicular to the hyphae. By the time the first conidium is evident, the conidiophores are hyaline, thin-walled, predominantly simple but occasionally branched, aseptate, 2-3 jxm wide, and up to 40 H.ITI long. A conidium ...
James F. White Jr., Charles W. Bacon, Nigel L. Hywel-Jones, 2003

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONIDIUM»

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Combating Crop Diseases
The fungus reproduces asexually, “meaning it makes a type of spore called a conidium,” Flaherty says. “These conidia can be carried by wind ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jun 12»

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