siderosome

English

Etymology

sidero- +‎ -some

Noun

siderosome (plural siderosomes)

1. A microscopic body containing aggregates of hemosiderin particles bound in a single membrane.
   • 2013, Feroze N. Ghadially, ltrastructural Pathology of the Cell and Matrix, →ISBN:

     It is now clear that the Prussian-blue-positive haemosiderin granule of the light microscopist represents either a large siderosome, a clump of smaller siderosomes or compounds siderosomes.

   Siderosomes contain aggregates of hemosiderin and may be derived from lysosomes.