polysome

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥
Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə?
Proto-Indo-European *styeH-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥
Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə?
Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)lbor.
English -some
English polysome

    From poly- + -some (“nucleic body”).

    Noun

    polysome (plural polysomes)

    1. a polyribosome
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