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organelle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun organelle has 1 sense
- organelle(n = noun.body) cell organ, cell organelle - a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus" is a part of cell
has particulars: cilium, lysosome, cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus, nucleole, nucleolus, chondriosome, mitochondrion, centriole, ribosome
is a kind of organ
CIDE DICTIONARY
organelle, n.
a specialized part of a cell performing a specific function, usually visible under the microscope as a distinct object; it is analogous to an organ{2}, but on a microscopic scale. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
organelle, n. Biol. any of various organized or specialized structures which form part of a cell.
Etymology
mod.L organella dimin.; see ORGAN, -LE
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