Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun central_body

1 sense of central body

Sense 1
centrosome, central body -- (small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules)
       => cytoplasm, cytol -- (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)