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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

des•mo•some n. [Cell Biol.]

a plaquelike site on a cell surface that functions in maintaining cohesion with an adjacent cell.

Greek desm(ós) band, chain (see desmid) + -o- + -some²
1930–35

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