Definition of Centrioles

1. Noun. (plural of centriole) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Centrioles

1. centriole [n] - See also: centriole

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centrioles

centrifuge
centrifuged
centrifugence
centrifugences
centrifuges
centrifuging
centrilobular
centrilobular emphysema
centring
centrings
centrins
centriolar
centriolar region
centriole
centrioles (current term)
centripetal
centripetal acceleration
centripetal current
centripetal force
centripetal nerve
centripetally
centripetence
centripetency
centrism
centrisms
centrist
centrists
centro-
centroacinar cell

Literary usage of Centrioles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Course in Normal Histology: A Guide for Practical Instruction in Histology by Rudolf Krause, Phillip J.R. Schmahl (1913)
"Our specimen, while showing centrioles in each of the cells, ... At times we are utterly unable to see any zone around the centrioles ; at other times we ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Asters capable of division, containing centrioles, appeared in a large number of the ... It is evidently highly improbable that all these centrioles can be ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Asters capable of division, containing centrioles, appeared in a large number of the ... It is evidently highly improbable that all these centrioles can be ..."

4. The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life by William Emerson Ritter (1919)
"Chromatin as "Hereditary Substance" matid possesses a lash or flagellum which arises from the outermost of a pair of granules or centrioles situated in the ..."

5. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"This zone contains the centrioles of the resting cell and is undoubtedly to be ... While two centrioles exist in the cells provided with only one nucleus, ..."

6. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"Two centrioles, each at the base of a flagellum, are located at the two extremes of the spindle. (After Hartmann and Chagas.) B, Monas lermo. ..."

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