protocell

English

Etymology

proto- +‎ cell

Noun

protocell (plural protocells)

1. (biology) A self-organized, endogenously ordered, spherical collection of phospholipids proposed as a stepping-stone to the origin of life

Derived terms

• metaprotocell
• protocellular

Translations

stepping-stone to the origin of life

• Finnish: esisolu

See also

• protobiont