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sarcosome

sarcosome noun: a mitochondrion.

Noun

sarcosome (plural sarcosomes)

  1. (dated) A mitochondrion.

Forms of sarcosome

pluralsarcosomes

Origin of sarcosome

From sarco- + -some.

Words formed from sarcosome

Questions about sarcosome

What does sarcosome mean?
Sarcosome means a mitochondrion.
What part of speech is sarcosome?
Sarcosome is a noun.
What is the plural of sarcosome?
The plural of sarcosome is sarcosomes.

Words near sarcosome in the dictionary

  1. sarcosinuric
  2. sarcosis
  3. sarcosol
  4. sarcosomal
  5. sarcosomataceous
  6. sarcosome
  7. sarcosomes
  8. sarcospan
  9. sarcosphere
  10. sarcospheres
  11. sarcosporidia

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