| multivesicular bodies | Membrane-bound body's, 0.5 to 1.0 um wide, that occur in the cytoplasm of cells and contain a number of small vesicles; hydrolases (especially acid phosphatase) occur in the matrix. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| multivesicular body | Secondary lysosome containing many vesicles of around 50 nm diameter. (18 Nov 1997) |