Microtubule

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small tube made of protein and found in cells; part of the cytoskeleton.
  2. 2
    a microscopically small tubule wordnet

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"Centrosomes act as the microtubule organising centre, where astral, kinetochore, and non-kinetochore microtubules extend from."

Etymology

From micro- + tubule.

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