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dictyosome

[dik-tee-uh-sohm]

noun Cell Biology.

the set of flattened membranes in a Golgi body, resembling a stack of plates.

Origin of dictyosome

1925–30; < Greek díkty(on) net + -o- + -some³

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dictyosome in Science

dictyosome

[dĭk′tē-ə-sōm′]

The Golgi apparatus of plant cells.

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