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Noun golgi has 1 sense
  1. Golgi, Camillo Golgi - Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926)
    --1 is a kind of histologist

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Golgi

Noun

Sense 1: A complex network of flattened sacs or tubules called cisternae that are involved in receiving, modifying, and packaging proteins for transport within the cell.

Example sentence: The Golgi apparatus plays a crucial role in the sorting and delivery of proteins in eukaryotic cells.

Noun

Sense 2: An Italian neuroscientist, Camillo Golgi, who invented a staining technique called the "Golgi stain" to study the structure of nerve cells.

Example sentence: Golgi's groundbreaking staining technique revolutionized our understanding of the nervous system.

Noun

Sense 3: A Golgi body, an organelle found in certain bacteria that functions similarly to the Golgi apparatus in eukaryotic cells.

Example sentence: The Golgi bodies in bacteria are involved in packaging and distributing macromolecules within the cell.

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