Definition of Cytosol

1. Noun. The aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended.

Generic synonyms: Cytol, Cytoplasm

Definition of Cytosol

1. Noun. (cytology) The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cytosol

1. the fluid portion of cell material [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cytosol

1. The fluid portion of a cells cytoplasm. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytosol

cytoryctes
cytosides
cytosine
cytosine-DNA glycosidase
cytosine-UDP-glucuronosyltransferase
cytosine arabinoside
cytosine ribonucleoside
cytosines
cytosis
cytoskeletal
cytoskeletal proteins
cytoskeletally
cytoskeleton
cytoskeletons
cytosmear
cytosol (current term)
cytosol non-specific dipeptidase
cytosolic
cytosols
cytosome
cytosomes
cytospin
cytospins
cytostasis
cytostatic
cytostatically
cytostatics
cytostome
cytostomes
cytotactic

Literary usage of Cytosol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"2 DAY cytosol NUCLEAR Qz CD 5 - 4 DAY CM Ul o 5- Omin 30 min TIME AFTER E2 INJECTION ... Estradiol receptor activity in the cytosol and nuclear fractions of ..."

2. Smokeless Tobacco Or Health: An International Perspective by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"This increase in activity occurred in both cytosol and particulate fractions (Figure 2). The TPA-produced increase in enzymic activity was less; ..."

3. Hearts and Arteries: What Scientists Are Learning About Age and the by Caroline McNeil (1994)
"cytosol The fluid inside heart and blood vessel cells. Calcium transient The transient increase in calcium in the cytosol following excitation which causes ..."

4. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Abbreviations: Cyt, cytosol; Mie, microsomes; Mit, mitochondria; Nuc, nuclei. ... As a result most of the Cd in cells is bound to MT in the cytosol, ..."

5. Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Key Scientific Issues by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Dichloroacetic acid degradation occurs primarily in rat hepatic cytosol (Lipscomb et al. 1995). Km values for dichloroacetic acid were 350, ..."

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