NUCLEOLUS ORGANISER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nucleolus organiser mean? 

• NUCLEOLUS ORGANISER (noun)
  The noun NUCLEOLUS ORGANISER has 1 sense:

1. the particular part of a chromosome that is associated with a nucleolus after nuclear division

  Familiarity information: NUCLEOLUS ORGANISER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEOLUS ORGANISER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The particular part of a chromosome that is associated with a nucleolus after nuclear division

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nucleolar organiser; nucleolar organizer; nucleolus organiser; nucleolus organizer

Hypernyms ("nucleolus organiser" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Holonyms ("nucleolus organiser" is a part of...):

chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)