DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
ribosome
/'raɪbə,soʊm/ · raɪbəsoʊm
Ribosome has 3 syllables: ri · bo · some.
ri
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bo
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some
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noun. An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell.
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