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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ly•so•some n. [Cell Biol.]

a cell organelle containing enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death. See diag. under cell.

lyso- + -some³ 1950–55

ly′so•so′mal, adj.

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