organule

English

Etymology

From organ +‎ -ule.

Noun

organule (plural organules)

1. (anatomy, dated) One of the essential cells or elements of an organ.
   • 1866, Thomas Henry Huxley, Lessons in Elementary Physiology:

     The physical agent must act first on the sense-organules, and these in turn act upon the filaments of the nerve

References

“organule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.