meganucleus
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meganucleus — mega·nucleus … English syllables
meganucleus — |megə+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from mega + nucleus : macronucleus … Useful english dictionary
Macronucleus — A macronucleus (formerly also meganucleus) is the larger type of nucleus in ciliates. Macronuclei are polyploid and undergo direct division without mitosis. It controls the non reproductive cell functions, the everyday tasks, such as metabolism.… … Wikipedia
macronucleus — 1. A nucleus that occupies a relatively large portion of the cell, or the larger nucleus where two or more are present in a cell. SYN: meganucleus. 2. The larger of the two nuclei in ciliates, which governs vegetative metabolic functio … Medical dictionary
nucleus — Synonyms and related words: Anlage, Kern, NMR, alpha particle, antibaryon, antilepton, antimeson, atomic nucleus, atomic particle, axiom, axis, baryon, basichromatin, beta particle, bud, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid,… … Moby Thesaurus
