Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling an organ: applied to a tumor which contains several different tissues.
- noun Same as
organella .
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- adjective Resembling an
organ of the body - noun an
organelle
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That understanding could be in the works, thanks to endometrial organoids—biomedical tools made from bits of the tissue that lines the uterus, called the endometrium.
Tiny faux organs could crack the mystery of menstruation Saima Sidik 2023
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