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organelles

organelles is the plural of organelle.

Meaning of organelle

Noun

organelle (plural organelles)

  1. A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).
    • Like organelles within a single cell, whole new specializations began to develop.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 161
    Synonyms:
    organella

Questions about organelles

What is organelles the plural of?
Organelles is the plural of organelle.

Words near organelles in the dictionary

  1. organellae
  2. organellar
  3. organellar DNA
  4. organellar DNAs
  5. organelle
  6. organelles
  7. organellogenesis
  8. organellogenetic
  9. organellology
  10. organellometry
  11. organellomics

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