microbody

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microbody [′mī·krə‚bäd·ē]

(cell and molecular biology)

Any of three distinct classes (peroxisomes, glyoxysomes, and microperoxisomes) of cytoplasmic organelles that are bounded by a single membrane and contain a variety of enzymes.

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