the set of flattened membranes in a Golgi body, resembling a stack of plates
Word origin
[1925–30; ‹ Gk díkty(on) net + -o- + -some3]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Nazi, chain reaction, distinctive feature, payload, turnaround-some is a combining form meaning “body,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix -some include: chromosome, mesosome, microsome, trophosome, trypanosome
Examples of 'dictyosome' in a sentence
dictyosome
The number of coated vesicles and cisterns of dictyosome slightly increases.
Maria Kwiatkowska, Janusz Maszewski, Maria M. Maszewska 2014, 'Ultrastructure of cells after reversible dark-induced blocking of mitotic divisionsin antheridial filaments of Chara vulgaris L.', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/3375. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)