Definitions for nucleolus

nucleolus nu·cle·o·lus

Spelling: [noo-klee-uh-luh s, nyoo-]
IPA: /nuˈkli ə ləs, nyu-/

Nucleolus is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 239 anagrams from letters in nucleolus (cellnosuu).

Definitions for nucleolus

noun

  1. a conspicuous, rounded body within the nucleus of a cell.

Origin of nucleolus

1835-45; Late Latin: small kernel, equivalent to nucle(us) kernel (see nucleus) + -olus -ole1

Examples for nucleolus

Possibly the nucleolus is the Supra- and Subconscious element.

The nucleolus is a minute solid spot in a nucleus, appearing to be more highly refractive.

nucleolus: the small portion of matter in the nucleus most readily affected by staining fluids.

The element x is present, but the nucleolus has disappeared.

And within this nucleus is often to be seen another smaller body, frequently appearing as a mere dot, called the nucleolus.

A cell consists of a mass of protoplasm, generally enclosed in a cell membrane, and containing a nucleus and nucleolus.

In these latter stages the nucleolus has entirely faded out and nothing suggesting an accessory chromosome is present.

This body is called the nucleus of the cell, and the small one within it, the nucleolus.

Spermatogonium, showing chromatin element (x) associated with a nucleolus (n).

The nucleus of the egg-cell is distinguished as the germinal vesicle, and its nucleolus as the germinal spot.

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