Lysosome etymology

English

English word lysosome comes from English -some, English lyso- (Lysis.)

Etymology of lysosome

Detailed word origin of lysosome

Dictionary entry Language Definition
-some English (en) Characterized by some specific condition or quality. Used to form a word indicating a group with a certain small number of members A body A chromosome.
lyso- English (en) Lysis.
lysosome English (en) (cytology) An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.

Words with the same origin as lysosome

Descendants of -some

awesome burdensome wandersome

Descendants of lyso-

lysogenic lysogeny