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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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Origin of basal body

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby basal body

B.A.S., basad, basal, basal anaesthesia, basal anesthesia, basal body, basal cell, basal cell carcinoma, basal cell nevus, basal-cell nevus syndrome, basal conglomerate
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Medical 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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