liposome

🇺🇸 /ˈlɪpəsəʊm/ 🇬🇧 /ˈlɪpəsəʊm/
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A tiny bubble made of fat molecules that can carry medicine to a specific place in the body.

The new liposome treatment is designed to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to cancer cells.

translation

n. A tiny bubble made of fat molecules that can carry medicine to a specific place in the body.

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Plural liposomes