Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The so-called nucleolus or endo-plastule of certain protozoans. See cut under
Paramecium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) Some as
nucleolus .
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- noun biology A
nucleolus .
Etymologies
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para- + nucleus
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In some of the secreting cells of the pancreas is a spherical mass, staining more easily than the rest of the cell; this is termed the paranucleus, and is believed to be an extension from the nucleus.
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On one side of the nucleus may usually be seen a large nucleolus (called here, from its lateral position, paranucleus), and the whole nucleus is sharply separated from the surrounding protoplasm by a thin but evident membrane.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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