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Meaning of ectosome | Babel Free

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.

See also

ectospermalege ectosphere ectostosis ectostylid ectosymbiont ectosymbiosis