HyperDic: central_body

English > 1 sense of the expression central body:
NOUNbodycentral body, centrosomesmall region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus
English > central body: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningsmall region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules.
Synonymcentrosome
Broadercytoplasm, cytolThe protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus
Spanishcentrosoma
Catalancentrosoma

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