MICROSOME

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("microsome" is a kind of...):

granule (a tiny grain)

Holonyms ("microsome" is a part of...):

cytol; cytoplasm (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)

Derivation:

microsomal (of or relating to microsomes)

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