oxysome

English edit

Etymology edit

From oxy- +‎ -some.

Noun edit

oxysome (plural oxysomes)

(biology) One of the small round bodies found in the folds of the cristae in the inner mitochondrial membrane, and involved in ATP synthesis.

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