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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

Literary usage of Mesosome

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

1. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1906)
"... and partly concealed by the downward prolongation of the segment. The lower part of the mesosome-segments is slightly raised, forming a low tubercle. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1902)
"Cephalon large, as long as first two segments of mesosome combined, lateral edges deeply excavated. Eyes large, slightly oval. Mouth parts large and strong, ..."

3. A Monograph on the Isopods of North America by Harriet Richardson (1905)
"Anterior edge of the first four segments of mesosome very distinctly elevated, ... The three posterior segments of mesosome combined about the length of the ..."

4. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1905)
"... about the length of the first two segments of mesosome combined, with the, proximal half of uniform breadth, the distal one abruptly attenuated; ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1905)
"... in having no palp to the mandible and in having the fifth segment of the mesosome considerably longer and narrower than the rest. ..."

6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The name is also given to the posterior part of the body of bivalve mollusks, behind the mesosome and the foot, containing the posterior adductor muscle. ..."

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