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MICROSOME
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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:
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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