Golgi apparatus

Golgi apparatus
Golgi apparatus [gôl′jē, gōl′jē]
n.
after C. Golgi (1844-1926), It neurologist, who first observed it (1909)
a network of stainable cytoplasmic fibers, rods, granules, etc., that can collect proteins and secrete them outside the cell: see CELL: also Golgi body

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