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Microseme vs Microsome - What's the difference?

microseme | microsome |

As an adjective microseme

is (anatomy) having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely.

As a noun microsome is

a vesicle formed as an artifact of cell disruption.

microseme

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (anatomy) Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely.

    • Antonyms

    * megaseme (Webster 1913)

    microsome

    English

    (wikipedia microsome)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vesicle formed as an artifact of cell disruption

    • References

    * http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi?mode=&term=Microsomes&field=entry