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vesicle

[ves-i-kuhl] / ˈvɛs ɪ kəl /


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The cell then pulls this vesicle inward, where the coat dissolves and releases the virus.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

When the team applied zap-and-freeze to the human tissue samples, they found the same vesicle recycling steps occurring in human neurons.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

"This study represents one of the first direct visualizations showing the localization of these two proteins on synaptic vesicle membranes," she explains.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

As the food particle is consumed, it is encapsulated in a vesicle.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Otī′tis, inflammation of the internal ear; Ot′ocyst, an auditory vesicle; Ot′olith, a calcareous concretion within the membranous labyrinth of the ear; Otol′ogist, one skilled in otology; Otol′ogy, knowledge of the ear.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various




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