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Organelle

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Noun

1. cell organ, cell organelle, organelle

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ

Example Sentences:
'the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Organelle

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noun
a structural and functional unit, such as a mitochondrion, in a cell or unicellular organism

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Organelle

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noun
a discrete structure within a cell, as a chloroplast or centriole, characterized by having specialized functions, a usually distinctive chemical composition, and an identifying molecular structure
often found in large numbers in a particular cell

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Organelle

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n.
A differentiated structure within a cell, such as a mitochondrion, vacuole, or chloroplast, that performs a specific function.

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