Golgi complex

Golgi complex definition - medical

Golgi complex

noun
A complex of parallel, flattened saccules, vesicles, and vacuoles that lies adjacent to the nucleus of a cell and is concerned with the formation of secretions within the cell. Also called Golgi apparatus.

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