porosome

English

Etymology

From poro- +‎ -some.

Noun

porosome (plural porosomes)

  1. (biology) Any of many cup-shaped structures in the cell membranes of eukaryotic cells where vesicles dock in the process of vesicle fusion and secretion.
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