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pericentriolar

pericentriolar adjective: surrounding a centriole.

Adjective

pericentriolar (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a centriole

Origin of pericentriolar

From peri- + centriolar.

Questions about pericentriolar

What does pericentriolar mean?
Pericentriolar means surrounding a centriole.
What part of speech is pericentriolar?
Pericentriolar is an adjective.

Words near pericentriolar in the dictionary

  1. pericentre
  2. pericentres
  3. pericentric
  4. pericentrilobular
  5. pericentrin
  6. pericentriolar
  7. pericentriole
  8. pericentriolic
  9. pericentromere
  10. pericentromeres
  11. pericentromeric

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