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centriole en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsɛntɹɪˌəʊl/

Etymology

From Latin centriolum, diminutive of centrum. English equivalent centri- + -ole.

Meanings

1. A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).
   • The aster is at this period closely similar to those of Ascaris at certain periods, as figured by Boveri, and the red mass with its central group of granules corresponds exactly, I think, to Boveri's "centrosome" with its "Centralkorn" or "centriole" ("centrosphere" with its "centrosome" in Strasburger's terminology). 1895, Edmund B. Wilson, “Archoplasm, centrosome, and chromatin in the sea-urchin egg”, in Journal of Morphology, volume 11, number 1:

Forms

Deriveds

centriologenesis · centriolar · procentriole · centriogenesis · pericentriole

Translations (16)

gl centríolo (barrel shaped microtubule) · eo centriolo (barrel shaped microtubule) · fr centriole (barrel shaped microtubule) · fi keskusjyvänen (barrel shaped microtubule) · pl centriola (barrel shaped microtubule) · ru центрио́ль (barrel shaped microtubule) · ca centríol (barrel shaped microtubule) · id sentriol (barrel shaped microtubule) · tr sentriyol (barrel shaped microtubule) · tl gitbutil (barrel shaped microtubule) · fi sentrioli (barrel shaped microtubule) · de Zentriol (barrel shaped microtubule) · es centriolo (barrel shaped microtubule) · it centriolo (barrel shaped microtubule) · io centriolo (barrel shaped microtubule) · es centríolo (barrel shaped microtubule)