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lysosomotropic

lysosomotropic adjective: of a drug, able to penetrate the lysosomes of particular types of cell.

Adjective

lysosomotropic (not comparable)

  1. Of a drug, able to penetrate the lysosomes of particular types of cell

Origin of lysosomotropic

From lysosome + -o- + -tropic.

Questions about lysosomotropic

What does lysosomotropic mean?
Lysosomotropic means of a drug, able to penetrate the lysosomes of particular types of cell.
What part of speech is lysosomotropic?
Lysosomotropic is an adjective.

Words near lysosomotropic in the dictionary

  1. lysosomial
  2. lysosomic
  3. lysosomotrope
  4. lysosomotropes
  5. lysosomotrophic
  6. lysosomotropic
  7. lysosomotropism
  8. lysosphingolipid
  9. lysosphingolipids
  10. lysosphingomyelin
  11. lysosphingomyelins

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