A compartment that consists of a lumen and an enclosing membrane, and is part of an organelle. [ GOC:pz GOC:mah ]
Synonyms: suborganelle compartment
Term information
Note that this term refers to membrane-bounded compartments that are not considered organelles in their own right, but form parts of larger organelles.
Term relations
- cellular anatomical entity
- part of some intracellular organelle
- part of some membrane-bounded organelle