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nu⋅cle⋅oid

  [noo-klee-oid, nyoo-] Microbiology
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–noun
1. the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
–adjective
2. resembling a nucleus.
Origin:
1850–55; nucle(us) + -oid
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nu·cle·oid   (nōō'klē-oid', nyōō'-)   
n.  The part of a bacterium or virus that contains nucleic acid and is analogous in function to the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell.
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Main Entry: 1nu·cle·oid
Pronunciation: 'n(y)ü-klE-"oid
Function: adjective
: resembling a nucleus

Main Entry: 2nucleoid
Function: noun
: the DNA-containing area of a prokaryotic cell (as a bacterium)
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nucleoid nu·cle·oid (n&oomacr;'klē-oid', ny&oomacr;'-)
n.

  1. See nucleus.

  2. See nuclear inclusion body.

adj.
Resembling a nucleolus.

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