siderosome
English
Etymology
sidero- + -some
Noun
siderosome (plural siderosomes)
- A microscopic body containing aggregates of hemosiderin particles bound in a single membrane.
- 2013, Feroze N. Ghadially, ltrastructural Pathology of the Cell and Matrix, →ISBN:
- It is now clear that the Prussian-blue-positive haemosiderin granule of the light microscopist represents either a large siderosome, a clump of smaller siderosomes or compounds siderosomes.
- Siderosomes contain aggregates of hemosiderin and may be derived from lysosomes.
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