microsome
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1. a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | granule, |
| definition | : | a tiny grain (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | cytol, cytoplasm, |
| definition | : | the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | microsomal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to microsomes (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | microsomal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to microsomes (adj.pert) |
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