lysosome Biol.
(ˈlaɪsəsəʊm)
[f. lyso- + -some4.]
A cytoplasmic cell organelle widely found in animal tissues which contains hydrolytic enzymes enclosed in a membrane.
| 1955 C. de Duve et al. in Biochem. Jrnl. LX. 615/2 For practical purposes, it is proposed to refer to these granules as lysosomes, thus calling attention to their richness in hydrolytic enzymes. 1970 Sci. Jrnl. Aug. 15/4 The invader is met by the lysosome, engulfed and destroyed by the enzymes. |
Hence lysoˈsomal a.
| 1957 Symp. Soc. Exper. Biol. X. 59 All the lysosomal enzymes..were recovered to a large extent in the parenchymal cells. 1965 Listener 18 Mar. 404/1 Amoebae or other protozoa take particles into food vacuoles, release lysosomal enzymes into the vacuoles and so digest the particles. |