GOLGI COMPLEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Golgi complex mean? 

• GOLGI COMPLEX (noun)
  The noun GOLGI COMPLEX has 1 sense:

1. a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

  Familiarity information: GOLGI COMPLEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLGI COMPLEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

dictyosome; Golgi apparatus; Golgi body; Golgi complex

Hypernyms ("Golgi complex" is a kind of...):

cyst; vesicle (a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid))

Holonyms ("Golgi complex" is a part of...):

cytol; cytoplasm (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)

 Context examples 

Its contains secretory granules, large Golgi complexes, and moderate numbers of mitochondria.

(Parathyroid Gland Chief Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

NOSIII, which is resident in the Golgi complex, is transported together with caveolin-1 to the caveolae at the plasma membrane via vesicles.

(Nitric Oxide Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

While the structural diversity of N-glycans in mature proteins in the cell surface is introduced by glycosyltransferases in the Golgi complex, the core glycans in the ER are universal from yeast to mammal and have been considered as intermediates.

(Glycosylation of N-linked Oligosaccarides Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)