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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
organelle /ˌɔːgəˈnɛl/

▶noun Biology any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell.

– origin early 20th cent.: from mod. L. organella, dimin. of organum (see organ).

'organelle' also found in these Oxford entries:

leucoplast - lysosome - membrane

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