aboospore etymology

English word aboospore comes from English ab-, English oospore

Detailed word origin of aboospore

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
ab- English (eng) (physics) A unit of electromagnetic charge in the centimeter-gram-second system: the abcoulomb. (non-productive) Away from; outside of.. (non-productive) From.
oospore English (eng) (biology) A fertilized female zygote, having thick chitinous walls, that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi.
aboospore English (eng) (biology) An oomycete spore that functions like an oospore but has been produced asexually.

Words with the same origin as aboospore

Descendants of ab-
abnormal
Descendants of oospore
oosporic