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ribosome
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ribosome has 1 sense
- ribosome(n = noun.body) Array - an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell; "the ribosome is the site of protein synthesis" is a kind of cell organ, cell organelle, organelle
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ribosome, n. Biochem. each of the minute particles consisting of RNA and associated proteins found in the cytoplasm of living cells, concerned with the synthesis of proteins.
Derivative
ribosomal adj.
Etymology
RIBONUCLEIC (ACID) + -SOME(3)
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