gemmule
noun
gem·mule
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Definition of gemmule
: a small bud:
a
: a theoretical particle proposed in the theory of pangenesis that is shed by a somatic cell and contains all the information necessary to reproduce that cell type (as in an offspring)
b
: a reproductive bud produced by freshwater and some marine sponges that consists of a usually hardened aggregate of cells
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gemmule
noun
gem·mule
| \ ˈjem-(ˌ)yü(ə)l
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Medical Definition of gemmule
1
: a theoretical particle in the theory of pangenesis that is shed by a somatic cell and contains all the information necessary to reproduce that cell type (as in an offspring)
2
: a minute thorny process of a nerve-cell dendrite