organelle
See also: Organelle
English
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
organelle (plural organelles)
- (cytology) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 161:
- Like organelles within a single cell, whole new specializations began to develop.
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Translations
a membrane bound compartment found within cells
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French
Noun
organelle m (plural organelles)
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