liposome en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlaɪ.pəˌsəʊm/
- (US) audio
- /ˈlaɪ.pəˌzəʊm/
Etymology
From lipo- (“fat”) + -some (“body”). From Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”) and Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “soma”).
Meanings
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An aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular membrane, typically of phospholipid; a lipid vesicle.
Albrecht applied the term "liposome" to small refractive droplets observed in freshly mounted sections of liver and other tissues.
1930 September, Ben Dawes, “The Absorption of Fats and Lipoids in the Plaice (P. platessa L.)”, in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, volume 17, number 1, page 75:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| liposomes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
phospholiposome · intraliposome · liposomize · immunoliposome · polymersome · liposomal · liposomized · proteoliposome · coliposome · peptidoliposome · proliposome · nanoliposome · liposomic · liposomalization
Translations (4)
cmn 微脂粒 (an aqueous compartment) · cmn 脂質體 /脂质体 (an aqueous compartment) · ja リポソーム (an aqueous compartment) · fr liposome (an aqueous compartment)