Word info Synonyms Antonyms

nucleolus

Noun

Meaning

A little nucleus.

A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or a protozoan.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

Phrases with the word

Derivatives

Examples

A cell is a complex structure, with its investing membrane, nucleus, and nucleolus. Charles Darwin

During that year, a study of nucleoli by John Gurdon and Donald Brown in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis generated increasing interest in the function and detailed structure of the nucleolus. Source: Internet

Nucleolus main An electron micrograph of a cell nucleus, showing the darkly stained nucleolus 3D rendering of nucleus with location of nucleolus The nucleolus is a discrete densely stained structure found in the nucleus. Source: Internet

Gene transcription ceases during prophase and does not resume until late anaphase to early G1 phase. citation citation citation The nucleolus also disappears during early prophase. citation Condensing chromosomes. Source: Internet

Half of the eggs had one nucleolus and 25% had two. Source: Internet

Other subnuclear bodies Besides the nucleolus, the nucleus contains a number of other non-membrane-delineated bodies. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms