microbody

microbody /mi·cro·body/ (mi´kro-bod″e)

1. any of the membrane-bound, ovoid or spherical, granular cytoplasmic particles containing enzymes and other substances, which originate in the endoplasmic reticulum of vertebrate liver and kidney cells and other cells, and in protozoa, yeast, and many cell types of higher plants.

2. peroxisome (1).

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mi·cro·bod·y (mkr-bd)

n.

See peroxisome.

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microbody

[mī′krōbod′ē]

any of the round membrane-bound granular cytoplasmic particles containing enzymes and other substances, originating in the endoplasmic reticulum of vertebrate liver and kidney cells and other cells and in protozoa, yeast, and many cell types of higher plants. An important type in vertebrates is the peroxisome.

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microbody

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.