ORGANELLE

organelle, cell organelle, cell organ

(noun) a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; “the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

organelle (plural organelles)

(cytology) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).

Hyponyms

• See also organelle

Anagrams

• angel-lore

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

16 June 2024

CONNECTION

(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”


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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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