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Ribosome

//ˈɹaɪbəˌsoʊm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.
  2. 2
    an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell wordnet

Etymology

From ribo- + -some.

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