Etymology

clastosome

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Today it means: A part of the nucleus of a cell that contains proteasomes Full definition →

Ancient Greek κλαστός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκλαστός
  2. English todayclastosome

From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós) + -some. See also clastogen.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκλαστός all →

clastic-clastclastogenclastogenesisorthoclastic

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