noun
a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ
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the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus
• Syn: ↑organelle, ↑cell organelle
• Hypernyms: ↑organ
• Hyponyms:
↑cilium, ↑lysosome, ↑nucleus, ↑cell nucleus, ↑karyon, ↑nucleolus, ↑nucleole, ↑mitochondrion, ↑chondriosome, ↑centriole, ↑ribosome
• Part Holonyms: ↑cell
Useful english dictionary. 2012.