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noun Cell Biology.
a cylindrical organelle, within the cytoplasm of flagellated and ciliated cells, that contains microtubules and forms the base of a flagellum or cilium: identical in internal structure to a centriole.
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Origin of basal body

First recorded in 1900–05
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