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organelle

noun
/ˌɔɹ.ɡənˈɛl/US

Etymology

From organ + -elle.

  1. derived from *werǵ-✻
  2. derived from ὄργανον
  3. derived from organum
  4. derived from organe
  5. inherited from organe
  6. suffixed as organelle — “organ + elle”

Definitions

  1. A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g.…

    A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at organelle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at organelle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at organelle

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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