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basal body

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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Nearby words

bas-rhin, basad, basal, basal anaesthesia, basal anesthesia, basal body, basal cell, basal cell carcinoma, basal cell nevus, basal conglomerate, basal disk

Origin of basal body

First recorded in 1900–05
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Medicine definitions for basal body

basal body

n.

A cellular organelle associated with the formation of cilia and flagella and resembling the centriole in structure.basal granule
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