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| ri·bo·some [ rbə sm ] (plural ri·bo·somes) |
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cluster of proteins and RNA: a submicroscopic cluster of proteins and RNA, occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm of living cells, that takes part in the manufacture of proteins
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| [Mid-20th century. <ribonucleic acid] |
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