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Definition of Liposome

1. Noun. An artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector.

Definition of Liposome

1. a microscopic globule composed of lipids [n -S]

Medical Definition of Liposome

1. A spherical particle in an aqueous medium, formed by a lipid bilayer enclosing an aqueous compartment. Origin: Gr. Soma = body This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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