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liposome

li·po·some

US/ˈlɪpʌˌsoʊm/ uncommon

noun

1.

an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector

Origin

From lipo- (“fat”) + -some (“body”). From Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”) and Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “soma”).

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