endoplasmic reticulum–Golgi intermediate compartment

(ERGIC) a compartment of vesicles between the endoplasmic reticulum and the cis face of the Golgi complex, formed by the fusion of transport vesicles from the transitional endoplasmic reticulum. In one model of the Golgi complex, the fusion of vesicles marks the beginning of the formation of new Golgi cisternae. See Plate 12.