1. Noun. (chemistry physics) Any of the phases of a liquid crystal ¹
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Medical Definition of Mesophase
1. Arrangement of phospholipids in water where the liquid crystalline phospholipids form multi layered parallel plate structures, each layer being a bilayer, the layers separated by aqueous medium.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
