English Dictionary

CELL ORGAN

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cell organ mean? 

CELL ORGAN (noun)
  The noun CELL ORGAN has 1 sense:

1. a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organplay

  Familiarity information: CELL ORGAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CELL ORGAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cell organ; cell organelle; organelle

Context example:

the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus

Hypernyms ("cell organ" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cell organ"):

cilium (a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms)

lysosome (an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells))

cell nucleus; karyon; nucleus (a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction)

nucleole; nucleolus (a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis)

chondriosome; mitochondrion (an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy)

centriole (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)

ribosome (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)

Holonyms ("cell organ" is a part of...):

cell ((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)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Life's a bleach and then you dye." (English proverb)

"There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnake's tail." (Native American proverb, Navajo)

"Jade requires chiselling before becoming a gem." (Chinese proverb)

"What comes easily is lost easily." (Egyptian proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact