Golgi body


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Golgi body /ˈgɒldʒi, -gi/ (also Golgi apparatus)
noun Biology a complex of vesicles and folded membranes within the cytoplasm of a cell, involved in secretion and intracellular transport.
– origin 1940s: named after the Italian scientist Camillo Golgi.
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