English > organelle: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | A specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ. |
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| Example | "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus" |
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| Synonyms | cell organelle, cell organ |
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| Part of | cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms |
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| Narrower | centriole | One of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells |
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| cilium | A hairlike projection from the surface of a cell |
| lysosome | An organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells) |
| mitochondrion, chondriosome | An organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy |
| nucleolus, nucleole | A small round body of protein in a cell nucleus |
| nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon | A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction |
| ribosome | An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell |
| Broader | organ | A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
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| Spanish | elemento celular, organela, organelo, orgánulo celular, orgánulo |
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| Catalan | orgànul |
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