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microcompartment

microcompartment noun: any of many small enclosures within most cells having a shell of protein; an organelle.

Noun

microcompartment (plural microcompartments)

  1. Any of many small enclosures within most cells having a shell of protein; an organelle

Forms of microcompartment

pluralmicrocompartments

Origin of microcompartment

From micro- + compartment.

Questions about microcompartment

What does microcompartment mean?
Microcompartment means any of many small enclosures within most cells having a shell of protein; an organelle.
What part of speech is microcompartment?
Microcompartment is a noun.
What is the plural of microcompartment?
The plural of microcompartment is microcompartments.

Words near microcompartment in the dictionary

  1. microcomedone
  2. microcomedones
  3. microcomedos
  4. microcommunities
  5. microcommunity
  6. microcompartment
  7. microcompartmentalization
  8. microcompartmentalizations
  9. microcompartmentalized
  10. microcompartmentation
  11. microcompartmentations

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