Etymology

micelle

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Today it means: a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration Full definition →

New Latin mīcella
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  1. New Latin · borrowed frommīcella
  2. English todaymicelle

Borrowed from New Latin mīcella, from mīca (“crumb”) + -ella.

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