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protocells

protocells is the plural of protocell.

Meaning of protocell

Noun

protocell (plural protocells)

  1. A self-organized, endogenously ordered, spherical collection of phospholipids proposed as a stepping-stone to the origin of life

Questions about protocells

What is protocells the plural of?
Protocells is the plural of protocell.

Words near protocells in the dictionary

  1. protocatechuates
  2. protocatechuic
  3. protocatechuic acid
  4. protocause
  5. protocell
  6. protocells
  7. protocellular
  8. protocephala
  9. protocephalic
  10. protocephalon
  11. protoceratid

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