ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mesosome

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mesosome is a noun meaning Average-bodied; neither broad nor narrow in proportion to height or length.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  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.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include matrix, metabolosome, cytomembrane, macerozyme, macrosome, membranosome.

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