Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lysosome

1 sense of lysosome

Sense 1
lysosome -- (an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells))
       => organelle, cell organelle, cell organ -- (a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus")