azotosome

Meaning

Noun

  • A theoretical nitrogen-based counterpart to liposome structures composed of acrylonitrile self-assembled membrane in a liquid methane bath

Origin

  • From azote + -o-, from French azote and Ancient Greek σῶμα, a "nitrogen body", formed by analogy with liposome.

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