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- Latin · derived fromcentriolum
- English todaycentriole
From Latin centriolum, diminutive of centrum. English equivalent centri- + -ole.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
centriole
Today it means: A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division). Full definition →
Latin centriolum