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GOLGI BODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Golgi body mean? 

GOLGI BODY (noun)
  The noun GOLGI BODY has 1 sense:

1. a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)play

  Familiarity information: GOLGI BODY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOLGI BODY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

dictyosome; Golgi apparatus; Golgi body; Golgi complex

Hypernyms ("Golgi body" is a kind of...):

cyst; vesicle (a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid))

Holonyms ("Golgi body" is a part of...):

cytol; cytoplasm (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)


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