MICROSOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microsome mean? 

• MICROSOME (noun)
  The noun MICROSOME has 1 sense:

1. a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA

  Familiarity information: MICROSOME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROSOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("microsome" is a kind of...):

granule (a tiny grain)

Holonyms ("microsome" is a part of...):

cytol; cytoplasm (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)

Derivation:

microsomal (of or relating to microsomes)

 Context examples 

Reduction of this agent is carried out by a diverse group of enzymes in the cytoplasm, microsomes and mitochondria.

(EF5, NCI Thesaurus)

Though this test differs from the DNA-repair and bacterial microsome MUTAGENICITY TESTS, researchers often attempt to correlate the finding of carcinogenicity values and mutagenicity values.

(Carcinogenicity Test, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)