Definition of Nucleole

1. Noun. A small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis.

Exact synonyms: Nucleolus
Group relationships: Cell Nucleus, Karyon, Nucleus
Generic synonyms: Cell Organ, Cell Organelle, Organelle

Definition of Nucleole

1. n. The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.

Definition of Nucleole

1. Noun. (alternative form of nucleolus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nucleole

1. a part of a nucleus [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleole

nucleofuge
nucleofuges
nucleogenic
nucleohistone
nucleoid
nucleoid region
nucleoidioplasma
nucleoids
nucleolar
nucleolar-nuclear ratio
nucleolar chromosome
nucleolar organiser
nucleolar organizer
nucleolar zone
nucleolated
nucleole (current term)
nucleoles
nucleoli
nucleoliform
nucleolin
nucleoloid
nucleolonema
nucleolus
nucleolus organiser
nucleolus organiser region
nucleolus organizer
nucleolytic
nucleometallation
nucleomicrosome
nucleon

Literary usage of Nucleole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sexual Reproduction and the Organization of the Nucleus in Certain Mildews by Robert Almer Harper (1905)
"Not infrequently they are in contact with the nucleole. The end region of a thread may lie on the surface of the nucleole for ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"They spin out and become fainter and the compound nucleole reappears. There is no evidence that the chromosomes have their origin from the ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1899)
"In the earlier stages of fermentation this consists of nucleole, in close contact with a vacuole containing a granular chromatin network, and probably the ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1899)
"The nucleole is invariably present in all stages. In the process of budding, the division of the nuclear apparatus does not exhibit any definite ..."

5. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1890)
"The nucleus as well as the nucleole seems to be absolutely insoluble in the medium. ... The nucleole becomes very sharply defined. In the spherical nucleus ..."

6. Concerning the Organization of the Spore Mother-cells of Marsilia Quadrifolia by William George Marquette (1908)
"... case the nucleole is included in the synaptic mass but does not lie in contact with the nuclear membrane), and by Berghs for Narthecium ossifragum.9 In ..."

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