Definitions
Specialized structure inside a cell.
Word origin
From organ + -elle.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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