Meaning Of The Word Centriole

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Centriole Meaning

Centriole Definition
Centriole Definition

What's The Definition Of Centriole?

centriole in American English
a small, dense structure in the middle of the centrosome: it doubles before mitosis, and each part forms the center of an aster during mitosis
noun: a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell di

centriole in British English
noun: either of two rodlike bodies in most animal cells that form the poles of the spindle during mitosis

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