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ectosome

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An extracellular vesicle assembled at, and released from the plasma membrane

Examples

“In this work⟳ we reveal⟳ the underlying cellular mechanisms used during morphogenesis accompanying ectosome regeneration in the homoscleromorph sponge model⟳: Oscarella lobularis.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ectospermalege ectosphere ectostosis ectostylid ectosymbiont ectosymbiosis

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