rhapidosome
/ˈrapɪdəsəʊm/ /rəˈpɪdəsəʊm/Microbiology
noun
In some bacteria and cyanophytes: a cylindrical body of unknown function, composed of proteins.
Origin
1960s. From Byzantine Greek ῥαπιδ-, ῥαπίς rod + -o- + -some.
- bewitchment
- be with someone
- be worth one's weight in gold
- be wrapped up in
- be wreathed in smiles
- be written in stone
- phimosis
- phimotic
- Phintias
- phiran
- phisher
- phishing
- phisiog
- phit
- phiz
- phizog
- phlebectases
- phlebectasia
- phlebectasis
- phlebitic
- phlebitis
- phlebogram
- phlebographic
- phlebography
- phlebolite