LYSOSOME


Meaning of LYSOSOME in English

— lysosomal , adj.

/luy"seuh sohm'/ , n. Cell Biol.

a cell organelle containing enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death. See diag. under cell .

[ 1950-55; LYSO- + -SOME 3 ]

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