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nematosomes

nematosomes is the plural of nematosome.

Meaning of nematosome

Noun

nematosome (plural nematosomes)

  1. A multicellular motile body found in the gastrovascular cavity of the sea anemone Nematostella
  2. A particular organelle found in certain neurons, consisting of threadlike structures.
    • A distinctive cytoplasmic inclusion consisting of a convoluted network of electron-opaque strands embedded in a less dense matrix was identified in the neurons, but not in the supporting cells, of rat sympathetic ganglia . This ball-like structure, designated "nematosome," measures - 0 .9 μ and...1970 April, Mary A. Grillo, “Cytoplasmic inclusions resembling nucleoli in sympathetic neurons of adult rats”, in Journal of Cell Biology

Questions about nematosomes

What is nematosomes the plural of?
Nematosomes is the plural of nematosome.

Words near nematosomes in the dictionary

  1. nematophore
  2. nematophores
  3. nematophorous
  4. nematosomal
  5. nematosome
  6. nematosomes
  7. nematostatic
  8. nematostatics
  9. nematotheca
  10. nematothecae
  11. nematothecal

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