organelle
noun
or·gan·elle
ˌȯr-gə-ˈnel 
: a specialized cellular part (such as a mitochondrion, chloroplast, or nucleus) that has a specific function and is considered analogous to an organ
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In a 2021 metabolomic analysis of Parkinsonian sebum, published in Nature Communications, Barran and her colleagues found evidence of changes in two important human metabolic pathways, the first implicating mitochondria, the second additionally implicating the organelles known as lysosomes.
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Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
The resulting organelle, termed a nitroplast, is still in the process of specialization.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
Within those cellular bags, like especially gooey matryoshka dolls, are organelles, minute bags separating out their own microchemistry.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Dec. 2023
Previous evolutionary trees of plants built by scientists often used the genome of the chloroplast, the organelle that allows plants to perform photosynthesis.
—Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 11 May 2024
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Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
The resulting organelle, termed a nitroplast, is still in the process of specialization.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
Within those cellular bags, like especially gooey matryoshka dolls, are organelles, minute bags separating out their own microchemistry.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Dec. 2023
Previous evolutionary trees of plants built by scientists often used the genome of the chloroplast, the organelle that allows plants to perform photosynthesis.
—Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 11 May 2024
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organelle
noun
or·gan·elle
ˌȯr-gə-ˈnel
: a structure (as a mitochondrion) in a cell that performs a special function
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organelle
noun
or·gan·elle
ˌȯr-gə-ˈnel
: a specialized cellular part (as a mitochondrion or nucleus) that has a specific function and is considered analogous to an organ
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