centriole: Meaning and Definition of

cen•tri•ole

Pronunciation: (sen'trē-ōl"), [key]
— n. Cell Biol.
  1. a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell divides: identical in internal structure to a basal body. See diag. under
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
centrifuge centripetal
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