nucleolus
pronunciation
How to pronounce nucleolus in British English:
UK [nju:'kli:ələs]
How to pronounce nucleolus in American English:
US [nju'kliələs]
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- Noun:
- a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; nucleoli contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis
Word Origin
- nucleolus (n.)
- 1845, from Latin nucleolus, literally "a little nut," diminutive of nucleus (see nucleus).
Example
- 1. On the coincidence of the shapley value and the nucleolus .
- 2. Using her soft x-rays dr larabell was able to see , in a way that is impossible with an electron microscope , the holes that the peptoids punch in the nucleolus .
- 3. Identifying the changes of the refractive indices in part of the nucleolus of the cancer cells .
- 4. At the onset of mitosis , prophase , the nucleolus breaks down .
- 5. Figure 1 nonapoptotic osteoclast , big nuclei , clear nucleolus , affluent cytoplasm .