micelle

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/maɪˈsɛl/
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/maɪˈsɛl/ · /məˈsɛl/

Definition of micelle

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin mīcella, from mīca (“crumb”) + -ella.

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