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

1 sense of organelle

Sense 1
organelle, cell organelle, cell organ -- (a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus")
       => organ -- (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

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