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organelle

or·gan·elle
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [awr-guh-nel, awr-guh-nel]
    • /ˌɔr gəˈnɛl, ˈɔr gəˌnɛl/
    • /ˌɔːgəˈnɛl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awr-guh-nel, awr-guh-nel]
    • /ˌɔr gəˈnɛl, ˈɔr gəˌnɛl/

Definitions of organelle word

  • noun organelle Cell Biology. a specialized part of a cell having some specific function; a cell organ. 1
  • noun organelle Any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell. 1
  • noun organelle biology: part of a cell 1
  • noun organelle a structural and functional unit, such as a mitochondrion, in a cell or unicellular organism 0
  • noun organelle a discrete structure within a cell, as a chloroplast or centriole, characterized by having specialized functions, a usually distinctive chemical composition, and an identifying molecular structure 0
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Origin of organelle

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
1905-10; < New Latin organella, diminutive of Latin organum organ; see -elle

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Parts of speech for Organelle

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organelle popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Top questions with organelle

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  • acrosome

    a cap-like structure on the tip of a spermatozoon that releases enzymes on encountering the ovum allowing fusion with the ovum in the sexual reproductive process; this part of the process is known as the acrosome reaction

  • basal body

    a cylindrical organelle, within the cytoplasm of flagellated and ciliated cells, that contains microtubules and forms the base of a flagellum or cilium: identical in internal structure to a centriole.

  • centriole

    either of two rodlike bodies in most animal cells that form the poles of the spindle during mitosis

  • contractile vacuole

    a membrane-enveloped cellular organelle, found in many microorganisms, that periodically expands, filling with water, and then contracts, expelling its contents to the cell exterior: thought to be important in maintaining hydrostatic equilibrium.

  • golgi body

    an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.
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