Meaning

1 senses
  1. A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells; a nucleus.

More definitions
  • a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Eukaryotic cells have nuclei.

    Еукаріотичні клітини мають ядро. — deniko

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  2. Prokaryotic cells have no nuclei.

    Прокаріотичні клітини не мають ядра. — deniko

    deProkaryotische Zellen haben keinen Zellkern. — brauchinet

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  3. Red blood cells have no nucleus.

    ruУ красных кровяных телец нет ядра. — marafon

    deRote Blutzellen haben keinen Zellkern. — Melang

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  4. The nanomachines can drill into cancer cells, causing the cells’ nucleus to disintegrate into fragments.

Forms

plural: cell nuclei
Singularcell nucleus
Pluralcell nuclei

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction:nucleuskaryon

See also

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