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mesosome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
meso-some
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

adj

Average-bodied; neither broad nor narrow in proportion to height or length.

Etymology

From meso- + -some.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mesosomes (plural) more mesosome (comparative) most mesosome (superlative)

Derived Forms

mesosomal mesosomic

Frequently Paired Words

eurysome leptosome

Questions

What does mesosome mean?
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.
Where does mesosome come from?
From meso- + -some.

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