"cisterna" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cisternae [plural]
Etymology: From Latin cisterna. Doublet of cistern. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cisterna}} Latin cisterna, {{dbt|en|cistern}} Doublet of cistern Head templates: {{en-noun|cisternae}} cisterna (plural cisternae)
  1. (biology) Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum. Derived forms: cisterna chyli, cisterna magna, intercisternal, terminal cisterna Translations (membrane section comprising organelles): cisterne [feminine] (Dutch), sisterna (Finnish), golgi-zsákok [plural] (Hungarian), Golgi-zsák [singular] (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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