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Meaning of "lysosome" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LYSOSOME

lysosome  [ˈlaɪsəˌsəʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LYSOSOME

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Lysosome is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LYSOSOME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lysosome

Lysosome is a membrane-bound cell organelle found in animal cells. They are structurally and chemically spherical vesicles containing acid hydrolases, which are capable of breaking down virtually all kinds of biomolecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids, and cellular debris. They are known to contain more than fifty different enzymes which are all active at an acidic environment of about pH 5. Thus they act as waste disposal system of the cell by digesting unwanted materials in the cytoplasm, both from outside of the cell and obsolete components inside the cell. For this function they are popularly referred to as "suicide bags" or "suicide sacs" of the cell. Further, lysosomes are responsible for cellular homeostasis for their involvements in secretion, plasma membrane repair, cell signalling and energy metabolism, which are related to health and diseases. Depending on their functional activity their sizes can be very different, as the biggest ones can be more than 10 times bigger than the smallest ones. They were discovered and named by Belgian biologist Christian de Duve, who eventually received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974.

Definition of lysosome in the English dictionary

The definition of lysosome in the dictionary is any of numerous small particles, containing digestive enzymes, that are present in the cytoplasm of most cells.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LYSOSOME


acrosome
ˈækrəˌsəʊm
autosome
ˈɔːtəˌsəʊm
centrosome
ˈsɛntrəˌsəʊm
chondriosome
ˈkɒndrɪəˌsəʊm
chromosome
ˈkrəʊməˌsəʊm
desmosome
ˈdɛsməˌsəʊm
dictyosome
ˈdɪktɪəˌsəʊm
elaiosome
ɪˈleɪəˌsəʊm
hydrosome
ˈhaɪdrəˌsəʊm
isochromosome
ˌaɪsəʊˈkrəʊməˌsəʊm
leptosome
ˈlɛptəˌsəʊm
mesosome
ˈmɛsəˌsəʊm
monosome
ˈmɒnəˌsəʊm
nucleosome
ˈnjuːklɪəˌsəʊm
plasmosome
ˈplæzməˌsəʊm
polyribosome
ˌpɒlɪˈraɪbəˌsəʊm
ribosome
ˈraɪbəˌsəʊm
schistosome
ˈʃɪstəˌsəʊm
synaptosome
sɪˈnæptəˌsəʊm
trypanosome
ˈtrɪpənəˌsəʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LYSOSOME

lysimeter
lysimetric
lysin
lysine
Lysippus
lysis
Lysithea
lysogen
lysogenic
lysogenicity
lysogenisation
lysogenise
lysogenization
lysogenize
lysogeny
Lysol
lysolecithin
lysosomal
lysozyme
lyssa

WORDS THAT END LIKE LYSOSOME

amplosome
awesome
cytosome
endosome
exposome
gonosome
heterochromosome
karyosome
liposome
melanosome
merosome
microsome
phagosome
pyrosome
sarcosome
sex chromosome
twosome
urosome
X chromosome
X-chromosome
Y-chromosome

Synonyms and antonyms of lysosome in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lysosome» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LYSOSOME

Find out the translation of lysosome to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lysosome from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lysosome» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

溶酶体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lisosoma
570 millions of speakers

English

lysosome
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाइसोसोम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يحلول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лизосом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lisossoma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লাইসোসোম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lysosome
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lysosome
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lysosom
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リソソーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리소좀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lysosome
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lysosome
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லைசோசோம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लियोसोम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lizozom
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lisosoma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lizosom
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лізосом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Lizozom
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λυσοσώματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lysosome
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lysosom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lysosome
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lysosome

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LYSOSOME»

The term «lysosome» is regularly used and occupies the 61.748 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LYSOSOME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lysosome

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LYSOSOME»

Discover the use of lysosome in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lysosome and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biology of the Lysosome
Membrane loss by these same mechanisms could also occur after macromolecule digestion had decreased the solute content of a lysosome; here the flaccidity of the membrane would result from water loss due to a decrease in intralysosomal ...
John B. Lloyd, Robert W. Mason, 1996
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Lysosomes
CHAPTER 1 Renate Liillmann-Rauch* Abstract he lysosome is the cell's main digestive compartment to which all sorts of macromolecules are delivered for degradation. The structure of the lysosome is variable and depends on the cell type ...
Paul Saftig, 2007
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The Biogenesis of Cellular Organelles
The reasons for homotypic lysosome fusion are less clear. Lysosome-lysosome fusion may guarantee that the amount of substrate in a given lysosome does not overwhelm the amount of enzymes available for degradation. Thus, lysosomal ...
Chris Mullins, 2007
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Chemistry and Biology of Heparin and Heparan Sulfate
Within the lysosome, a series of exo-enzymes and one acetyltransferase degrade these oligosaccharides, from the nonreducing end, to produce monosaccharides and inorganic sulfate. These molecules are actively transported out of the ...
Hari G. Garg, Robert J. Linhardt, Charles A. Hales, 2011
5
Molecular Mechanisms of Parasite Invasion
clear indication that T cruzi trypomastigotes can invade nonprofessional phagocytic cells in a lysosome-independent fashion in addition to the lysosome- dependent entry pathway (Fig. 3).11 Other studies have shown that over- expression of ...
Barbara A. Burleigh, Dominique Soldati, 2008
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Toxoplasma Gondii: The Model Apicomplexan. Perspectives and ...
According to this lysosome trap model (Figure 12.1), host late endosomes/ lysosomes traffic along microtubules into invaginations of the PVM. A protein collar, which may include the dense-granule protein GRA7, constricts the invagination and ...
Louis M. Weiss, Kami Kim, 2011
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Cell Biology: A Short Course
A Short Course Stephen R. Bolsover, Elizabeth A. Shephard, Hugh A. White, Jeremy S. Hyams. B MHC protein Peptide fragments Endoplasmic reticulum Endoplasmic reticulum Via Golgi complex Via Golgi complex TAP (pre) Lysosome ...
Stephen R. Bolsover, Elizabeth A. Shephard, Hugh A. White, 2011
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Control of Protein Sorting to the Lysosome by Hse1 and Its ...
Jihui Ren. CHAPTER 2 HSE1 ASSOCIATES WITH BOTH UBIQUITIN PEPTIDASES AND A UBIQUITIN LIGASE TO CONTROL SORTING EFFICIENCY INTO MVB Introduction Integral membrane proteins are sorted into intralumenal vesicles of ...
Jihui Ren, 2007
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Molecular Mechanisms of Protein Trafficking to the Lysosome ...
Ngii N. Tazeh. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Engstler M, Thilo L, Weise F, Grtinfelder CG, Schwarz H, Boshart M, Overath P: Kinetics of endocytosis and recycling of the GPI-anchored variant surface glycoprotein in Trypanosoma ...
Ngii N. Tazeh, 2007
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Bacterial Pathogenesis: Interaction of Pathogenic Bacteria ...
Assessment of Phagosome-Lysosome Fusion Some intracellular organisms survive by residing within membrane- delimited cytoplasmic organelles that do not fuse with lysosomes. How this occurs is not well understood: The organism may be ...
Virginia L. Clark, Patrik M. Bavoil, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LYSOSOME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lysosome is used in the context of the following news items.
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Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory …
... during which cytoplasmic content is engulfed by double-membrane autophagosomes and delivered to the vacuole or lysosome for degradation and recycling, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Visualizing lipid-formulated siRNA release from endosomes and …
Although autophagic isolation and subsequent fusion with the lysosome would be expected to terminate release, inhibiting autophagy did not enhance ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Parkinson's Disease: The Devil Is in the Protein
... exocytosis and endocytosis, endosomal trafficking, lysosome-mediated autophagy, and mitochondrial maintenance increase susceptibility to ... «Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Jul 15»
4
Arf6 controls beta-amyloid production by regulating …
Our findings suggest that the lysosome is an important site for Aβproduction and that altering APP trafficking represents a viable strategy to ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
5
Primary cilia and autophagic dysfunction in Huntington's disease
The autophagy-lysosome system compliments the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in the degradation of misfolded proteins and is ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
6
Mutations in LRRK2 potentiate age-related impairment of …
elegans expressing reporters for the autophagosome and lysosome expressed only in dopaminergic neurons, and examined autophagy ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
7
Public Release: 9-Jul-2015 Cells help viruses during cell entry
... the endosome becomes a lysosome and degrades the virus. The virus then multiplies in the nucleus and subsequently infects other cells. «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
8
Disease modeling and lentiviral gene transfer in patient-specific …
Massive accumulation of glycogen in the lysosome of the ... LAMP-2, which is indicating expressed GAA was localized in lysosome (Figure 4e). «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Genetic screening reveals a link between Wnt signaling and …
The FZD protein is thus consigned to the lysosome for destruction. R-spondin is a growth factor that inhibits ZNRF3 action by binding to its ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Consanguineous marriages leading to metabolic disorders: Experts
As these enzymes are found in a compartment of the cell called lysosome, hence the name given to these disorders is LSDs, he said. «Business Recorder, Jul 15»

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