Definition of organelles Organelles
/ɔˌɹgʌnɛˈlz/ - [orgunelz] -
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What does organelles mean?
Wiktionary 
- organelles (Noun)
Plural of organelle.
Part of speech
🔤- organelles, noun, plural of organelle.
WordNet
NounPlural: organelles |
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| organelle - a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus" | ||
| cell organelle, cell organ | ||
| organ wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard | ||
| cell (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals | ||
| cilium a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms | ||
| lysosome an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells) | ||
| cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction | ||
| nucleole, nucleolus a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis | ||
| chondriosome, mitochondrion an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy | ||
| centriole 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 | ||
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Wiktionary
- organelle (Noun)
A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process e. g. ribosomes, vacuoles.
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organelle
A specialized subunit within a cell that has a specific function, and is separately enclosed within its own lipid membrane.
Wikipedia 
- In cell biology, an organelle is a structure of a cell having specialized functions. The cell's organelles are usually located in the cytoplasm.
Part of speech
🔤- organelle, noun, singular of organelles.
