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endosome (medicine) and seafloor spreading (sh)


endosome (medicine)


endosome


1. <cell biology> Endocytotic vesicle derived from the plasma membrane. More specifically an acidic nonlysosomal compartment in which receptor ligand complexes dissociate.

2. A chromatinic body near the centre of a vesicular nucleus in some protozoa.

Origin: Gr. Soma = body


seafloor spreading (sh)




Theory that oceanic crust forms along submarine mountain zones, known collectively as the oceanic ridge system, and spreads out laterally away from them.

This idea, proposed by U.S. geophysicist Harry H. Hess (1906-1969) in 1960, was pivotal in the development of the theory of plate tectonics.