multivesicular
/ˌmʌltɪvɪˈsɪkjʊlə/adjective
1 Cell Biol. Designating intracellular membranous structures consisting of a number of vesicles; specifically (especially in multivesicular body) designating a type of endosome or lysosome consisting of a group of small vesicles contained within a limiting membrane.
2 Biology and Medicine. Containing many vesicles or cavities.
3 Physiology. Designating or relating to the release of a neurotransmitter from more than one synaptic vesicle.
Origin
1950s. From multi- + vesicular.
- desorption
- De Soto
- de Soto, Hernando
- despair
- despairing
- despairingly
- despatch
- despatcher
- despedida
- desperado
- desperadoism
- desperate
- desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
- desperately
- desperateness
- desperation
- despicable
- despicably
- de Spinoza, Baruch
- despise
- despiser
- despite
- despiteful
- despite oneself
- despite (or in despite) of