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EUCARYOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eucaryotic mean? 

EUCARYOTIC (adjective)
  The adjective EUCARYOTIC has 1 sense:

1. having cells with 'good' or membrane-bound nucleiplay

  Familiarity information: EUCARYOTIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EUCARYOTIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having cells with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

eucaryotic; eukaryotic

Antonym:

procaryotic (having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei)

Pertainym:

eukaryote (an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells)

Derivation:

eucaryote (an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells)


 Context examples 


An insect cell-infecting virus that is used extensively in expression systems for recombinant proteins that require eucaryotic processing systems.

(Baculovirus Expression System, NCI Thesaurus)



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