Definition of Cytoskeleton

1. Noun. A microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence.

Generic synonyms: Anatomical Structure, Bodily Structure, Body Structure, Complex Body Part, Structure
Group relationships: Cytol, Cytoplasm

Definition of Cytoskeleton

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Medical Definition of Cytoskeleton

1. That part of the cytoplasm that remains when organelles and internal membrane systems are removed. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytoskeleton

cytopyge
cytoreductive therapy
cytoryctes
cytosides
cytosine
cytosine
cytosine-DNA glycosidase
cytosine-UDP-glucuronosyltransferase
cytosines
cytosine arabinoside
cytosine ribonucleoside
cytosis
cytoskeletal
cytoskeletal proteins
cytoskeleton (current term)
cytoskeleton (current term)
cytoskeletons
cytosmear
cytosmear
cytosol
cytosol
cytosolic
cytosolic
cytosols
cytosol non-specific dipeptidase
cytosome
cytosome
cytosomes
cytostasis
cytostatic

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