liposome
noun
- composite structures made of phospholipids that may contain small amounts of other molecules
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From lipo- (“fat”) + -some (“body”). From Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”) and Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “soma”).
- An aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular membrane, typically of phospholipid; a lipid vesicle.
“Albrecht applied the term "liposome" to small refractive droplets observed in freshly mounted sections of liver and other tissues.”