microbody
[mi´kro-bod″e] any of the cytoplasmic particles found in kidney and liver cells and in certain other cells, surrounded by a limiting membrane, and containing dense crystalline-like inclusions and oxidases.
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mi·cro·bod·y
(mī'krō-bod'ē), A cytoplasmic organelle, bounded by a single membrane and containing oxidative enzymes. Microbodies include peroxisomes and glyoxysomes.
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microbody
Any usually rounded, (single-)membrane-bound cytoplasmic organelle that contains oxidative enzymes and digests cellular debris.
Examples
Glycosomes, peroxisomes.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
pe·rox·i·some
(pĕr-ok'si-sōm) A membrane-bound organelle occurring in nearly all eukaryotic cells that often contains oxidative enzymes relating to the formation and degradation of H
2O
2.
Synonym(s):
microbody.
[peroxide + G. sōma, body]
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