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injectosome

injectosome is the alternative form of injectisome.

Meaning of injectisome

Noun

injectisome (plural injectisomes)

  1. A needle-like projection of protein, in some bacteria, used as a sensory probe.

Forms of injectosome

pluralinjectosomes

Origin of injectosome

From inject + -o- + -some.

Questions about injectosome

What is injectosome the alternative form of?
Injectosome is the alternative form of injectisome.

Words near injectosome in the dictionary

  1. injectivity
  2. injector
  3. injector pen
  4. injectoral
  5. injectors
  6. injectosome
  7. injectosomes
  8. injects
  9. injelititis
  10. injellied
  11. Injen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: injectosome (page history and authors); injectisome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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