n :  one of a pair of cellular organelles that occur esp. in animals, are adjacent to the nucleus, function in the formation of the spindle apparatus during cell division, and consist of a cylinder with nine microtubules arranged peripherally in a circle .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  cen·tral  San·dril  si·no·atri·al  sinuatrial 
 
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