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transferosome

transferosome noun: a form of liposome used as a transdermal drug delivery system.

Noun

transferosome (plural transferosomes)

  1. A form of liposome used as a transdermal drug delivery system
    • The conjugation system consists of relaxasome and transferosome components.2015 October 15, “Complete Genome Sequence of Thermus aquaticus Y51MC23”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of transferosome

pluraltransferosomes

Origin of transferosome

From transfer + -o- + -some.

Questions about transferosome

What does transferosome mean?
Transferosome means a form of liposome used as a transdermal drug delivery system.
What part of speech is transferosome?
Transferosome is a noun.
What is the plural of transferosome?
The plural of transferosome is transferosomes.

Words near transferosome in the dictionary

  1. transferography
  2. transferomic
  3. transferomics
  4. transferor
  5. transferors
  6. transferosome
  7. transferosomes
  8. transferrability
  9. transferrable
  10. transferrably
  11. transferral

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