nucleolar
[ noo-klee-uh-ler, nyoo-, noo-klee-oh-, nyoo- ]
/ nuˈkli ə lər, nyu-, ˌnu kliˈoʊ-, ˌnyu- /
adjective Cell Biology.
of, relating to, or forming a nucleolus.
Origin of nucleolar
First recorded in 1860–65;
nucleol(us) +
-ar1
OTHER WORDS FROM nucleolar
mul·ti·nu·cle·o·lar, adjectiveWords nearby nucleolar
nucleo-,
nucleocapsid,
nucleofugal,
nucleohistone,
nucleoid,
nucleolar,
nucleolar satellite,
nucleolate,
nucleolated,
nucleoliform,
nucleoloid
Example sentences from the Web for nucleolar
The nuclei in the yolk are knobbed bodies divided by a sponge work of septa into a number of areas each with a nucleolar body.
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