lysosome

English

Etymology

From lyso- +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪsəˌsoʊm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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
• autophagolysosome
• cytolysosome
• 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 (hi) (layankāy)
• Hungarian: lizoszóma (hu)
• Icelandic: leysibóla f, leysikorn n
• Indonesian: lisosom
• Italian: lisosoma (it) m
• Japanese: リソソーム (ja) (risosōmu), 水解小体 (suikaishoutai)
• Kazakh: лизосома (lizosoma)
• Malay: lisosom
• Māori: pūnaku
• Polish: lizosom (pl) 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)
• Turkish: lizozom (tr)
• Vietnamese: tiêu thể

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