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centriole

noun

  1. A cellular organelle, found close to the nucleus in many eukaryotic cells, consisting of a small cylinder with microtubular walls, 300-500 nm long and 150-250 nm in diameter. It contains nine short, parallel, peripheral microtubular fibrils, each fib
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Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɹɪˌəʊl/

noun

Etymology: From Latin centriolum, diminutive of centrum. English equivalent centri- + -ole.

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

    “The aster is at this period closely similar to those of Ascaris at certain periods, as figured by Boveri, and the red mass with its central group of granules corresponds exactly, I think, to Boveri's "centrosome" with its "Centralkorn" or "centriole" ("centrosphere" with its "centrosome" in Strasburger's terminology).”