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NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER

Dictionary entry overview: What does nucleolus organizer mean?

• NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER (noun)
The noun NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER has 1 sense:

1. the particular part of a chromosome that is associated with a nucleolus after nuclear division

Familiarity information: NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The particular part of a chromosome that is associated with a nucleolus after nuclear division

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nucleolar organiser; nucleolar organizer; nucleolus organiser; nucleolus organizer

Hypernyms ("nucleolus organizer" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part)

Holonyms ("nucleolus organizer" is a part of...):

chromosome (a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)

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