centrosome
noun
cen·tro·some
ˈsen-trə-ˌsōm 
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During the cell cycle, centrosomes double in size, split into two, then move to opposite sides of the cell.
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Trevor Grandpre, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
The story should stop there, because the virus needs a special key to move past the centrosome.
—USA Today, 23 May 2022
Clearly the centrosome, which shuttles around chromosomes like a chaperone on a school field trip, is important to cell division.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2012
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Trevor Grandpre, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
The story should stop there, because the virus needs a special key to move past the centrosome.
—USA Today, 23 May 2022
Clearly the centrosome, which shuttles around chromosomes like a chaperone on a school field trip, is important to cell division.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2012
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“Centrosome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/centrosome. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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centrosome
noun
cen·tro·some
ˈsen-trə-ˌsōm
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: the region of a cell that is located next to the nucleus and contains the centrioles
Medical Definition
centrosome
noun
cen·tro·some
ˈsen-trə-ˌsōm
1
2
: the centriole-containing region of clear cytoplasm adjacent to the cell nucleus
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