Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
residual body Function:
noun 1 : a cytoplasmic vacuole containing the leftover products of digestion after fusion with the contents of a lysosome
2 : any of the small cytoplasmic masses that are shed from the developing sperms in spermiogenesis and that lack a nucleus but contain lipids, ribosomes, mitochondria, and cytoplasmicmembranes
