— rhabdomal /rab doh"meuhl, rab"deuh meuhl/ , adj.
/rab"deuhm, -dom/ , n. Anat., Zool.
1. any of various rod-shaped structures.
2. the rod-shaped portion of an arthropod ommatidium. Also, rhabdome /rab"dohm/ .
[ 1875-80; rhábdoma bundle of rods; see RHABDO-, -OMA ]