Azotosome
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A theoretical nitrogen-based counterpart to liposome structures composed of acrylonitrile self-assembled membrane in a liquid methane bath
"This procedure is necessary because of the azotosomes’ high barriers to decomposition."
Example
More examples"This procedure is necessary because of the azotosomes’ high barriers to decomposition."
Etymology
From azote (“nitrogen”) + -o- + -some (“body”), from French azote (“nitrogen”) and Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”), a "nitrogen body", formed by analogy with liposome.
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