microsomaladj.
/mʌɪkrəˈsəʊml/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈsoʊm(ə)l/, /ˌmaɪkrəˈsoʊm(ə)l/ Cell Biology.† 1. Of or relating to granular chromatin (see microsome n. 2). Obsolete. rare.
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mucigenous1886
centrosomic1895
chromosomal1895
microsomal1897
lipochondrial1946
kinetosomal1949
microsomal1951
lysosomal1957
ribosomal1959
microtubular1963
peroxisomal1967
phagolysosomal1975
phagosomal1975
1897 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 22 The fibrils around the centrosomes have an exquisite microsomal structure. The microsomes occur in groups on the fibrils at equal distances from the centrosome.
2. Of or relating to microsomes (see microsome n. 1b).
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the world > life > biology > substance > cell > cell organelle or contents > [adjective] > other organelles or contents
mucigenous1886
centrosomic1895
chromosomal1895
microsomal1897
lipochondrial1946
kinetosomal1949
microsomal1951
lysosomal1957
ribosomal1959
microtubular1963
peroxisomal1967
phagolysosomal1975
phagosomal1975
1951 Science 6 Apr. 389/1 Mast cells contain a heparin-lipoprotein complex provisionally considered to be associated with the microsomal fraction of their cytoplasm.
1955 Federation Proc. (Federation Amer. Soc. Exper. Biol.) 14 262/1 It appears that all the microsomal RNA is in the small particles.
1971 Nature 9 July 84/1 Perhaps these ribosomes also make microsomal membrane proteins.
1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) viii. 438 The same protein made in the presence of microsomes remains intact because of the protection afforded by the microsomal membrane.
1995 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 12505 Elucidation of the biosynthetic pathway of cyanogenic glycosides has been carried out in vitro with highly active microsomal preparations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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