LIPOSOME

liposome

(noun) an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

liposome (plural liposomes)

(biochemistry) An aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular membrane, typically of phospholipid; a lipid vesicle.

Coordinate terms

• azotosome

Anagrams

• semiloop

Source: Wiktionary



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