organelle

From organ +‎ -elle.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹ.ɡənˈɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

organelle (plural organelles)

1. (cytology) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 161:

     Like organelles within a single cell, whole new specializations began to develop.

   • 1991, Lynn Margulis, René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation:

     The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology.

• organella

• See also Thesaurus:organelle

• angel-lore

From organe +‎ -elle.

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ɡa.nɛl/

organelle f (plural organelles)

1. (cytology) organelle

   Synonym: organite

• → Turkish: organel