plasmosome

[ plaz-muh-sohm ]

nounCell Biology.
  1. a true nucleolus, as distinguished from a karyosome.

Origin of plasmosome

1
First recorded in 1885–90; plasmo- + -some3

Words Nearby plasmosome

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How to use plasmosome in a sentence

  • The equatorial plate often shows both the larger component of the pair and the plasmosome (fig. 71).

    Studies in Spermatogenesis | Nettie Maria Stevens
  • In figure 74 the two unequal elements are completely separated and the plasmosome has disappeared.

    Studies in Spermatogenesis | Nettie Maria Stevens

British Dictionary definitions for plasmosome

plasmosome

/ (ˈplæzməˌsəʊm) /


noun
  1. another name for nucleolus

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