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liposomes

liposomes is the plural of liposome.

Meaning of liposome

Noun

liposome (plural liposomes)

  1. An aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular membrane, typically of phospholipid; a lipid vesicle.
    • Albrecht applied the term "liposome" to small refractive droplets observed in freshly mounted sections of liver and other tissues.1930 September, Ben Dawes, “The Absorption of Fats and Lipoids in the Plaice (P. platessa L.)”, in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, volume 17, number 1, page 75

Questions about liposomes

What is liposomes the plural of?
Liposomes is the plural of liposome.

Words near liposomes in the dictionary

  1. liposomalization
  2. liposomally
  3. liposomated
  4. liposomatic
  5. liposome
  6. liposomes
  7. liposomic
  8. liposomize
  9. liposomized
  10. Liposong
  11. liposphere

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