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lysosome

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈlaɪsəˌsoʊm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ

History

Etymology

From lyso- + -some.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: lisosoma — digestive organelle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 溶酶體 /溶酶体 (róngméitǐ) — digestive organelle
  • Czech: lyzozom — digestive organelle
  • Danish: lysosom — digestive organelle
  • Dutch: lysosoom — digestive organelle
  • Esperanto: lizosomo — digestive organelle
  • French: lysosome — digestive organelle
  • German: Lysosom — digestive organelle
  • Hindi: लयनकाय (layankāy) — digestive organelle
  • Hungarian: lizoszóma — digestive organelle
  • Icelandic: leysibóla — digestive organelle
  • Icelandic: leysikorn — digestive organelle
  • Indonesian: lisosom — digestive organelle
  • Italian: lisosoma — digestive organelle
  • Japanese: リソソーム (risosōmu) — digestive organelle
  • Japanese: 水解小体 (suikaishoutai) — digestive organelle
  • Kazakh: лизосома (lizosoma) — digestive organelle
  • Malay: lisosom — digestive organelle
  • Māori: pūnaku — digestive organelle
  • Polish: lizosom — digestive organelle
  • Portuguese: lisossoma — digestive organelle
  • Portuguese: lisossomo — digestive organelle
  • Russian: лизосо́ма (lizosóma) — digestive organelle
  • Spanish: lisosoma — digestive organelle
  • Swedish: lysosom — digestive organelle
  • Tagalog: biluslawas — digestive organelle
  • Tamil: முறிமெய்யம் (muṟimeyyam) — digestive organelle
  • Turkish: lizozom — digestive organelle
  • Vietnamese: tiêu thể — digestive organelle