biocompartment

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noun

A biological compartment

OriginEnglish compartment ← Middle French compartiment ← Italian compartimento →
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Meanings

nounbiocompartment (plural biocompartments)

plural biocompartments

  1. biologyA biological compartment

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  7. Proto-Italic*kom
  8. Proto-Italic*kom-
  9. Latincom-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  12. Proto-Italic*partis
  13. Latinpars
  14. Latinpartiō
  15. Latinpartior
  16. Latincompartīrī
  17. Italiancompartire
  18. Italiancompartimento
  19. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  20. Englishcompartment
  21. Englishbiocompartment

From bio- + compartment.

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APA

biocompartment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biocompartment

MLA

“biocompartment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biocompartment. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biocompartment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biocompartment.

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