English Explanatory Dictionary

endosome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes

Word forms

endosome endosomes

Etymology

From endo- + -some.

Derived words

endosomal endosomic endosomotropic interendosome

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