lysosome

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

lyso- + -some

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.

Translations

digestive organelle

• Catalan: lisosoma (ca) m
• Czech: lyzozom (cs) m
• Danish: lysosom n
• Dutch: lysosoom (nl) n
• Esperanto: lizosomo (eo)
• French: lysosome (fr) m

• Icelandic: leysibóla f, leysikorn n
• Italian: lisosoma (it) m
• Japanese: リソソーム (ja)
• Spanish: lisosoma (es) f
• Swedish: lysosom c