rhabdomere

noun

rhab·​do·​mere ˈrab-də-ˌmir 

: a division of a rhabdom

Word History

Etymology

rhabdo- + -mere

Note: The term was introduced by E. Ray Lankester and A.G. Bourne in "The Minute Structure of the Lateral and of the Central Eyes of Scorpio and of Limulus," Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, vol. 23 (1883), new series, p. 183.

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above