Definition of nucleus

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Nucleus (n.) The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum..

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Nucellus :: Nucellus (n.) See Nucleus, 3 (a)..
Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats..
Phosphonium :: Phosphonium (n.) The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine..
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..
Pentamethylene :: Pentamethylene (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. Trimethylene, and Tetramethylene..
Envelop :: Envelop (n.) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma.
Pronucleus :: Pronucleus (n.) One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and female pronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an impregnated ovum.
Nucleiform :: Nucleiform (a.) Formed like a nucleus or kernel.
Nuclear :: Nuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc..
Nucleoplasm :: Nucleoplasm (n.) The matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the protoplasm of the nucleus; karyoplasma.
Sulphophosphate :: Sulphonium (n.) A hypothetical radical, SH3, regarded as the type and nucleus of the sulphines..
Perinuclear :: Perinuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus; as, the perinuclear protoplasm..
Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks..
Janizary :: "Janizary (n.) A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826..
Indogenide :: Indogenide (n.) Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group as a nucleus..
Cytoblast :: Cytoblast (n.) The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place..
Periblast :: Periblast (a.) The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation..
Thiophthene :: Thiophthene (n.) A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds..
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..
Uninucleated :: Uninucleated (a.) Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell..
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