Etymology: C. Golgi, It. cytologist d. 1926
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noun
a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
• Syn: ↑Golgi apparatus, ↑Golgi complex, ↑dictyosome
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nounUsage: usually capitalized G
Etymology: after C. Golgi
: a discrete mass of Golgi material as observed in certain stained preparations — called also dictyosome
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Cell Biol.
an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell. Also called Golgi apparatus. See diag. under cell.
[1920-25]
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Golgi body /golˈjē bodˈi/ (biology)
noun
A cytoplasmic organelle consisting of a stack of plate-like cisternae often close to the nucleus, the site of protein glycosylation (also called Golgi apparatus)
ORIGIN: Camillo Golgi (1843–1926), Italian cytologist
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Golgi body,
a unit or particle of the Golgi apparatus revealed by staining; dictyosome.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.