mesosome
/ˈmɛsə(ʊ)səʊm/noun
1 Zoology = mesosoma.
2 Microbiology. Any of the intracellular, often lamellar membranous structures (of unknown function, and possibly artefactual) found in many bacteria.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Ecology. From meso- + -some, in sense 1 after earlier mesosoma.
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