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NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nucleolus organizer mean?
• NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER (noun)
The noun NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER has 1 sense:
1. the particular part of a chromosome that is associated with a nucleolus after nuclear division
Familiarity information: NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 organizer" 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 organizer" is a part of...):
chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)
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