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basal body

 
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–noun Cell Biology.
a cylindrical organelle, within the cytoplasm of flagellated and ciliated cells, that contains microtubules and forms the base of a flagellum or cilium: identical in internal structure to a centriole.
Origin:
1900–05
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basal body  
n.  A cellular organelle associated with the formation of cilia and flagella and similar to the centriole in structure. Also called basal granule, kinetosome.
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Main Entry: basal body
Function: noun
: a minute distinctively staining cell organelle found at the base of a flagellum or cilium and resembling a centriole in structurecalled also basal granule, kinetosome
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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basal body n.
A cellular organelle associated with the formation of cilia and flagella and resembling the centriole in structure. Also called basal granule.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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