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centriole

DEFINITIONS OF: centriole

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n 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

Type of:
cell organ, cell organelle, organelle
a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ
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