"lysosome" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪsəˌsoʊm/ [US] Forms: lysosomes [plural]
Etymology: lyso- + -some Etymology templates: {{confix|en|lyso|some}} lyso- + -some Head templates: {{en-noun}} lysosome (plural lysosomes)
  1. (cytology) An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules. Wikipedia link: lysosome Categories (topical): Cytology Derived forms: autolysosome, endolysosome, heterolysosome, lysosomal, lysosomatic, lysosomic, lysosomotropic, lysosomotropism, melanolysosome, phagolysosome Translations (digestive organelle): lisosoma [masculine] (Catalan), 溶酶體 (Chinese Mandarin), 溶酶体 (róngméitǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), lyzozom [masculine] (Czech), lysosom [neuter] (Danish), lysosoom [neuter] (Dutch), lizosomo (Esperanto), lysosome [masculine] (French), Lysosom [neuter] (German), लयनकाय (layankāy) (Hindi), lizoszóma (Hungarian), leysibóla [feminine] (Icelandic), leysikorn [neuter] (Icelandic), lisosoma [masculine] (Italian), リソソーム (risosōmu) (Japanese), 水解小体 (suikaishoutai) (Japanese), лизосома (lizosoma) (Kazakh), lisosom (Malay), lizosom [masculine] (Polish), lisossoma [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), lisossomo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), лизосо́ма (lizosóma) [feminine] (Russian), lisosoma [masculine] (Spanish), lysosom [common-gender] (Swedish), biluslawas (Tagalog), முறிமெய்யம் (muṟimeyyam) (Tamil), lizozom (Turkish), tiêu thể (Vietnamese)

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