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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The undefined region of genetic material inside a prokaryotic cell, consisting of aggregated DNA.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as nucleiform.

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  • noun microbiology The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized

Etymologies

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nucleo- + -oid; thus "like a nucleus".

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