porosome

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Etymology[edit]

poro- +‎ -some

Noun[edit]

porosome (plural porosomes)

  1. (biology) Any of many cup-shaped structures in the cell membranes of eukaryotic cells where vesicles dock in the process of vesicle fusion and secretion.