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2. Noun. (biology) The formation of cell nuclei. ¹

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Definition of Nucleation

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Medical Definition of Nucleation

1. A general term used in polymerisation or assembly reactions where the first steps are energetically less favoured than the continuation of growth. Polymerisation is much faster if a pre formed seed is used to nucleate growth. (e.g. Microtubule growth is nucleated from the microtubule organising centre, although the nature of this nucleation is not known). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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1. Condensation of Vapor as Induced by Nuclei and Ions: Fourth Report by Carl Barus (1910)
"(one.quarter of the length of the fog chamber) from the glass end toward the metal end, the maximum nucleation, moving at a greater rate toward the brass ..."

2. The Electromotive Force of Iron Under Varying Conditions: And the Effect of by Theodore William Richards, Gustavus Edward Behr (1906)
"Again, air left without interference for days shows a maximum of this nucleation for the given conditions of exhaustion when all foreign nucleation must ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In this connection it should be pointed out that one does not really "observe" the transformation Ln -> Sit except at the first instant of nucleation of the ..."

4. The Meteorological Magazine by Great Britain Meteorological Office (1919)
"A Continuous Record of Atmospheric nucleation. By Carl Barus. ... Earns discusses the phenomenon which he entitles " Atmospheric nucleation," and continues ..."

5. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"... it is found more frequently in pernicious anemia and leukemia. (C) nucleation. Nucleated red cells may be considered pathological at any period of ..."

6. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"... are nucleation. found in the blood of the adult only during the existence of pathological conditions, but occur in large numbers in the blood of the ..."

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