English Explanatory Dictionary

oxysome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the small round bodies found in the folds of the cristae in the inner mitochondrial membrane, and involved in ATP synthesis.

Word forms

oxysome oxysomes

Etymology

From oxy- + -some.

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