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interorganellular

interorganellular adjective: relating to, or functioning via interaction between organelles.

Adjective

interorganellular (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Relating to, or functioning via interaction between organelles.
    • The hypothesis that the fusion of the two chloroplasts, just like nuclear fusion, brings together the ct-DNA from parental types resulting in an “interorganellular gene recombination" by physical exchange of pieces of DNA is very attractive […]1982, Advances in Agronomy, page 127

Origin of interorganellular

From inter- + organellular.

Questions about interorganellular

What does interorganellular mean?
Interorganellular means relating to, or functioning via interaction between organelles.
What part of speech is interorganellular?
Interorganellular is an adjective.

Words near interorganellular in the dictionary

  1. interordinational
  2. interordinations
  3. interorgan
  4. interorganellar
  5. interorganelle
  6. interorganellular
  7. interorganic
  8. interorganisational
  9. interorganisationally
  10. interorganization
  11. interorganizational

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