noun
small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
• Syn: ↑centrosome
• Derivationally related forms: ↑centrosomic (for: ↑centrosome)
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noun1. : centrosome 1
2. : the colorless inner portion of the protoplasm in the cells of blue-green algae and of certain bacteria that is assumed by some to be a primitive nucleus lacking nucleoli and nuclear membrane — called also centroplasm; compare chromatoplasm
Useful english dictionary. 2012.