micelle

Meaning

a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration

Synonyms

colloidal particle

micell

micelld

molecular group

Translations

micel

micella

misel

kleine vetdruppel

Micelle

mecela

Pronounced as (IPA)
/maɪˈsɛl/
Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin micella, from mica (“crumb”) + -ella.

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