SINCE 1828
Golgi apparatus
noun
variants:
or Golgi body
or Golgi complex
Definition of Golgi apparatus
1
: a cytoplasmic organelle that consists of a stack of several to many smooth, membranous saccules and associated vesicles active in the modification and transport of proteins — see cell illustration
2
: any of two or more such organelles within a cell — compare dictyosome
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