CELL NUCLEUS Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the phrase cell nucleus. (close relations)
Definition of CELL NUCLEUS
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core | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a small group of indispensable persons or things • an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality • the center of an object • the central part of the Earth • the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience • a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill • the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work • (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories • the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place • a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil verb • remove the core or center from | ||||||||
kernel | nounn | |||||||
noun • the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone • a single whole grain of a cereal • the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | ||||||||
nucleolus | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis | ||||||||
nucleoplasmic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
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karyon | nounn | |||||||
noun • a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction | ||||||||
nucleus | nounn | |||||||
noun • a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction • the positively charged dense center of an atom • a small group of indispensable persons or things • (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail • any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord • the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex |