ALL meanings of centriole
cen·tri·ole
C c - noun centriole either of two rodlike bodies in most animal cells that form the poles of the spindle during mitosis 3
- noun centriole a small, dense structure in the middle of the centrosome: it doubles before mitosis, and each part forms the center of an aster during mitosis 3
- noun centriole A minute cylindrical organelle near the nucleus in animal cells, occurring in pairs and involved in the development of spindle fibers in cell division. 1
- noun centriole a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell divides: identical in internal structure to a basal body. 1
- noun centriole (biology) A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division). 0