Definition of Golgi body

1. Noun. A netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions).

Exact synonyms: Dictyosome, Golgi Apparatus, Golgi Complex
Group relationships: Cytol, Cytoplasm
Generic synonyms: Cyst, Vesicle

Definition of Golgi body

1. Noun. The Golgi apparatus ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Golgi body

1. Intracellular stack of membrane bounded vesicles in which glycosylation and packaging of secreted proteins takes place. Part of the GERL complex. Synonym: Golgi body, Golgi vesicles, dictyosome (in plants), parabasal body (in flagellate protozoa). (11 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Golgi Body

Goldstone bosons
Goldthwait's sign
Goldwater Republican
Goldwyn
Goldwynism
Goldwynisms
Golfo de Mexico
Golgi
Golgi's cell
Golgi's osmiobichromate fixative
Golgi's stain
Golgi's theory
Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscle
Golgi apparatus
Golgi bodies
Golgi body
Golgi complex
Golgi corpuscle
Golgi epithelial cell
Golgi internal reticulum
Golgi tendon organ
Golgi type II neuron
Golgi type I neuron
Golgi zone
Golgotha
Goli otok
Goliard
Goliards
Goliath
Goliath beetle

Literary usage of Golgi body

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1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"... toto ns in most animals, each golgi body is an .icro- blast :n itself and the acro.some ;i:«es as a tii>k>". product of the portions contributed by each ..."

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