"microcompartment" meaning in All languages combined

See microcompartment on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: microcompartments [plural]
Etymology: From micro- + compartment. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|compartment}} micro- + compartment Head templates: {{en-noun}} microcompartment (plural microcompartments)
  1. (biology) Any of many small enclosures within most cells having a shell of protein; an organelle Related terms: microcompartmentalization

Inflected forms

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