ribosome
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1. an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | cell organ, cell organelle, organelle, |
| definition | : | a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ (noun.body) |
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