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capsomere

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cap⋅so⋅mere

  [kap-suh-meer]
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–noun
any of the protein subunits of a capsid.
Origin:
1960–65; < F capsomère; see capsid 1 , -o-, -mere
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cap·so·mere   (kāp'sə-mîr')   
n.  One of the individual subunits that makes up a capsid.

[caps(id) + -mere.]
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capsomere cap·so·mere (kāp'sə-mēr') or cap·so·mer (-mər)
n.
A subunit of a viral capsid.

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