CENTRIOLE

centriole

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

centriole (plural centrioles)

(biology) A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).

Anagrams

• electrino, electrion, necrolite

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Word of the Day

29 November 2024

POPULATED

(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; ā€œthe area is well populatedā€; ā€œforests populated with all kinds of wild lifeā€


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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