organule
English
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editorganule (plural organules)
- (anatomy, dated) One of the essential cells or elements of an organ.
- 1866, Thomas Henry Huxley, Lessons in Elementary Physiology:
- The physical agent must act first on the sense-organules, and these in turn act upon the filaments of the nerve
References
edit“organule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.