kinocentrum

plural kinocentra

1. A cellular organelle that acts as the center of motor activity of the kinoplasm.

   The author suggests that it may act in the smooth muscle-cell as a kinocentrum, as it is supposed to do in some other cases.

   1900, Journal of Microscopy - Volume 20, page 180

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   It may also be observed in passing, that cellular kinoplasm with the kinocentrum, the centrosome and its archoplasmic structures, possibly the most primitive motor organoids of the cell, similarly manifest a high degree of variability and instability.

   1916, B. Sidis, The causation and treatment of psychopathic diseases, →ISBN, page 355

   The basal body is often called blepharoplast or kinocentrum and many investigators regard it as the center of ciliary activity.

   1951, Acta Oto-laryngologica - Volume 39, page 364