# microcompartment

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of many small enclosures within most cells having a shell of protein; an organelle

## Etymology
From micro- + compartment.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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