"mesosome" meaning in English

See mesosome in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more mesosome [comparative], most mesosome [superlative]
Etymology: meso- + -some Etymology templates: {{confix|en|meso|some}} meso- + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} mesosome (comparative more mesosome, superlative most mesosome)
  1. Average-bodied; neither broad nor narrow in proportion to height or length. Coordinate_terms: eurysome, leptosome
    Sense id: en-mesosome-en-adj--QHCZ~sw

Noun

Forms: mesosomes [plural]
Etymology: meso- + -some Etymology templates: {{confix|en|meso|some}} meso- + -some Head templates: {{en-noun}} mesosome (plural mesosomes)
  1. A folded invagination in the plasma membrane of bacteria, produced by the chemical fixation techniques used to prepare samples for electron microscopy, but previously thought to be part of the normal structure of the cell.
    Sense id: en-mesosome-en-noun-32FQHRhz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meso-, English terms suffixed with -some Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meso-: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -some: 33 67

Inflected forms

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