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nucleus
core kinauyokan (n.)
core lubas (n.)
core subok (n.)


Glosses: (~ related words)
nucleus
n.1. cell nucleus, karyon, nucleusa part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction.
~ cell(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals.
~ pronucleusthe nucleus of the ovum or sperm after fertilization but before they fuse to form the nucleus of the zygote.
~ karyoplasm, nucleoplasmthe protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell.
~ nucleole, nucleolusa small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis.
~ chromatin, chromatin granulethe readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes.
~ achromatinthe part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes.
~ lininan obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended.
~ chromosomea threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order.; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes"
~ cell organ, cell organelle, organellea specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ.; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
~ subthalamic nucleusan oval mass of grey matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamus; associated with the striate body.
n.2. nucleusthe positively charged dense center of an atom.
~ midpoint, centre, centera point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure.
~ nucleona constituent (proton or neutron) of an atomic nucleus.
~ atom(physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
n.3. core, core group, nucleusa small group of indispensable persons or things.; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
~ seta group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
~ cadrea nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion.
n.4. nucleus(astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail.
~ astronomy, uranologythe branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole.
~ midpoint, centre, centera point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure.
~ comet(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
n.5. nucleusany histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord.
~ neural structurea structure that is part of the nervous system.
~ dentate nucleusa large laminar nucleus of grey matter within the white matter of each cerebral hemisphere.
n.6. lens nucleus, nucleusthe central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex.
~ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structurea particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure"