Definition of Mesosome

1. a specialized cellular part [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mesosome

1. Invagination of the plasma membrane in some bacterial cells, sometimes with additional membranous lamellae inside. May have respiratory or photosynthetic functions. Origin: Gr. Soma = body This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesosome

mesorrhine
mesosalpinx
mesoscale
mesoscapula
mesoscapular
mesoscope
mesoscutum
mesosecrin
mesoseme
mesosiderite
mesosigmoid
mesosigmoiditis
mesosigmoidopexy
mesosomatous
mesosome (current term)
mesosome (current term)
mesosomes
mesosomia
mesosperm
mesosphere
mesospheres
mesospheric
mesostate
mesostenium
mesosternal
mesosternum
mesosyphilis
mesosystolic
mesotarsal
mesotartaric

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