A compartment that consists of a lumen and an enclosing membrane, and is part of an organelle. [ GOC:mah GOC:pz ]
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 structure
- part of some intracellular organelle
- part of some membrane-bounded organelle