CENTRIOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centriole mean? 

• CENTRIOLE (noun)
  The noun CENTRIOLE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CENTRIOLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTRIOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("centriole" is a kind of...):

cell organ; cell organelle; organelle (a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ)

 Context examples 

An mature centriole or basal body.

(Mature Centriole, NCI Thesaurus)

The space bounded by the nine microtubule triplets of the centriole.

(Internal Lumen of the Centriole, NCI Thesaurus)

A portion of the interior of the centriole that is located near the plus ends of the microtubules.

(Distal Part of the Lumen of the Centriole, NCI Thesaurus)

A protein complex associated with the distal end of the centriole which that is involved in centriole localization.

(Distal Connecting Fiber, NCI Thesaurus)

A small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus that contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules.

(Centrosome, NCI Thesaurus)