cytosome

[sahy-tuh-sohm]

noun Biology.

the cytoplasmic part of a cell.

Origin of cytosome

cyto- + -some³

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cytosome in Medicine

cytosome

[sī′tə-sōm′]

n.

The cell body exclusive of the nucleus.
Any of the osmiophilic bodies that have concentric lamellae and occur in cells of the lung.multilamellar body

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