Definition of nucleus

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of nucleus is as below...

Nucleus (n.) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.

Lern More About Nucleus

Indogen :: Indogen (n.) A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded as the essential nucleus of indigo..
Nucleate :: Nucleate (a.) Having a nucleus; nucleated.
Cytococcus :: Cytococcus (n.) The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell.
Thiophthene :: Thiophthene (n.) A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds..
Nonnucleated :: Nonnucleated (a.) Without a nucleus.
Enchylemma :: Enchylemma (n.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded..
Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell..
Cytoblast :: Cytoblast (n.) The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place..
Diaster :: Diaster (n.) A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis..
Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum..
Karyoplasma :: Karyoplasma (n.) The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell: nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to kytoplasma, the protoplasm of the cell..
Endoplastica :: Endoplastica (n. pl.) A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am/ba..
Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division..
Phosphonium :: Phosphonium (n.) The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine..
Gymnocyte :: Gymnocyte (n.) A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus..
Ovule :: Ovule (n.) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen..
D8gregarin91 :: d8Gregarin91 (n. pl.) An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria..
Blastide :: Blastide (n.) A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursor of the nucleus..
Spermococcus :: Spermococcus (n.) The nucleus of the sperm cell.
Nucleolus :: Nucleolus (n.) A little nucleus.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us