"centriole" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛntɹɪˌəʊl/ Forms: centrioles [plural]
Etymology: From Latin centriolum, diminutive of centrum. English equivalent centri- + -ole. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|centriolum}} Latin centriolum, {{con|en|centri|ole}} centri- + -ole Head templates: {{en-noun}} centriole (plural centrioles)
  1. (biology) A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division). Wikipedia link: centriole Categories (topical): Biology Derived forms: centriogenesis, centriolar, centriologenesis, pericentriole, procentriole Translations (barrel shaped microtubule): centríol [masculine] (Catalan), centriolo (Esperanto), keskusjyvänen (Finnish), sentrioli (Finnish), centriole [masculine] (French), centríolo [masculine] (Galician), Zentriol [neuter] (German), centriolo (Ido), centriolo [masculine] (Italian), centriola [feminine] (Polish), центрио́ль (centriólʹ) [feminine] (Russian), centríolo [masculine] (Spanish), centriolo [masculine] (Spanish), gitbutil (Tagalog), sentriyol (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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