lysosome

lysosome

English

Etymology

lyso- +‎ -some

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪsəˌsoʊm/

Noun

lysosome (plural lysosomes)

1. (cytology) An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.

Derived terms

• autolysosome
• endolysosome
• heterolysosome
• lysosomal
• lysosomatic
• lysosomic
• lysosomotropic
• lysosomotropism
• melanolysosome
• phagolysosome

 

Translations

digestive organelle

Catalan: lisosoma (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 溶酶體／溶酶体 (zh) (róngméitǐ) Czech: lyzozom (cs) m Danish: lysosom n Dutch: lysosoom (nl) n Esperanto: lizosomo French: lysosome (fr) m German: Lysosom (de) n Hindi: लयनकाय (layankāy) Hungarian: lizoszóma (hu) Icelandic: leysibóla f, leysikorn n Italian: lisosoma (it) m Japanese: リソソーム (risosōmu), 水解小体 (suikaishoutai) Malay: lisosom Polish: lizosom m Portuguese: lisossoma m (Portugal), lisossomo m (Brazil) Russian: лизосо́ма (ru) f (lizosóma) Spanish: lisosoma (es) m Swedish: lysosom (sv) c Tagalog: biluslawas Tamil: முறிமெய்யம் (muṟimeyyam) Vietnamese: tiêu thể

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French

Noun

lysosome m (plural lysosomes)

1. lysosome

Further reading

• “lysosome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.