1. Noun. (anatomy) The middle of the body; the trunk ¹
2. Noun. (biology) A transient microtubular granule formed during telophase ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Midbody
1. Dense structure formed during cytokinesis at the cleavage furrow. It consists of remnants of spindle fibres and other amorphous material and disappears before cell division is completed.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)