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Definition of: centrosome
(sen′trə·sōm) noun Biol.
The small area of protoplasm at the center of each aster in cell division: it contains the centrioles. [<CENTRO- + Gk. sōma body]
—cen′tro·som′ic (-som′ik) adjective
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