autophagosome
A double-membrane-bounded compartment that engulfs endogenous cellular material as well as invading microorganisms to target them to the lytic vacuole/lysosome for degradation as part of macroautophagy. [ GOC:autophagy http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11099404 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0198547684&isbn=1/ ]
Synonyms: autophagic vacuole