cell organ
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1. a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ (noun.body)
hypernym | : | organ, |
definition | : | a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | cilium, |
definition | : | a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | lysosome, |
definition | : | an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells) (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus, |
definition | : | a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | nucleole, nucleolus, |
definition | : | a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | centriole, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | ribosome, |
definition | : | an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | cell, |
definition | : | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals (noun.tops) |
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