See Also: Golgi(dictionary)
Golgi's cell(medicine)
Golgi apparatus(health)
golgi cell(medicine)
golgi apparatus(medicine)
Golgi zone(medicine)
Golgi, Camillo(encyclopedia)
Golgi corpuscle(medicine)
Golgi's stain(medicine)
Golgi complex(medicine)

Golgi (iou)



Golgi noun. L19.
[Camillo Golgi (1844-1926), Italian histologist.]
Biology. Used attrib. and in possess. to designate structures studied by Golgi and methods which he introduced.
Golgi apparatus, Golgi body, Golgi complex, a complex of membranous vesicles in the cytoplasm involved in secretion and intracellular transport. Golgi method a method of staining cells with silver salts or osmium tetroxide. Golgi organ, Golgi spindle a sensory apparatus in tendons responsive to tension. Golgi stain a metal compound used in the Golgi method of staining (see above).