Cisterna

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.
  2. 2
    a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid wordnet

Synonyms

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cistern

Etymology

From Latin cisterna. Doublet of cistern.

Related phrases

cisterna chylicisterna magnaterminal cisternaendoplasmic reticulumgolgi apparatus

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