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Definition of Nucleoid
1. Noun. (microbiology) The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nucleoid
1. the DNA-containing area of certain cells [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nucleoid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleoid
Literary usage of Nucleoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical Diagnosis: A Text-book of Clinical Microscopy and Clinical by Charles Phillips Emerson (1908)
"The question of the nucleoid is in dispute, some considering it to be related to the
... The word " nucleoid" has a variety of meanings in the writings ..."
2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1906)
"The tuberculate appearance presented by some of the cells is due to the numbers
and size of the nucleoid bodies present in them, which in association form a ..."
3. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt (1852)
"... processes on the surface of the Sun, the opening extends simultaneously through
both the luminous and the cloudy envelopes, a nucleoid spot will appear ..."
4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Particles consist of a densely-staining nucleoid surrounded by an inner and outer
membrane. The overall diameter of these particles is approximately 1050 A° ..."
5. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1896)
"A considerable proportion of the nucleoid bodies that during the embryonic
condition were scattered through the protoplasm of the ..."
6. The Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Body, in Health and Disease by Arthur Hill Hassall, Henry Vanarsdale (1852)
"Thus with respect to the nucleoid bodies in the cells of the pig produced by
pressure, their formation might be explained as ..."
7. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1893)
"Large cell with two bodies, in one of which the contents are large and somewhat
granular, in the other less granular and nucleoid in character. Fla. 6. ..."
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