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microsphere
1. A small sphere from about 0.5 to 100 micrometers and made of any material.
2. Any of various minute globules; such as, the hollow particles used in making lighter plastics or a cell-like structure resembling a proteinoid or a protein-like polypeptide formed abiotically from amino acid mixtures in the presence of heat and which may resemble early evolutionary forms of protein.
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