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centriole

Noun

cen=tri=ole

WORDNET DICTIONARY

centriole(n = noun.body) - one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis;

centriole, n.

one of two small cylindrical cell organelles composes of nine triplet microtubules, which form the asters during mitosis. [WordNet 1.5]

centriole, n. Biol. a minute organelle usu. within a centrosome involved esp. in the development of spindles in cell division.

Etymology

med.L centriolum dimin. of centrum centre

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