mesosome

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12
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14
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8

Definition of mesosome

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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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noun

  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.

adj

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

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Etymology

From meso- + -some.

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