SARCOSOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sarcosome mean? 

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

1. a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARCOSOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

chondriosome; mitochondrion (an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy)

Derivation:

sarcosomal (of or relating to sarcosomes)