"liposome" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: liposomes [plural]
Etymology: From lipo- (“fat”) + -some (“body”). From Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”) and Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “soma”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|lipo|some|gloss1=fat|gloss2=body}} lipo- (“fat”) + -some (“body”), {{uder|en|grc|λίπος|gloss=fat}} Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”), {{uder|en|grc|σῶμα|gloss=soma}} Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “soma”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} liposome (plural liposomes)
  1. (biochemistry) An aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular membrane, typically of phospholipid; a lipid vesicle. Wikipedia link: liposome Categories (topical): Biochemistry Coordinate_terms: azotosome Translations (an aqueous compartment): 脂質體 (Chinese Mandarin), 脂质体 (Chinese Mandarin), 微脂粒 (wéizhǐlì) (Chinese Mandarin), liposome [masculine] (French), リポソーム (riposōmu) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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