"micronucleus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: micronuclei [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English micronucleus From micro- + nucleus. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:very small>|nucleus|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English micronucleus [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*knuks", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "nux", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "nucleus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "nucleus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "micronucleus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="micronucleus"> From micro- + nucleus., {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:very small>|nucleus|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English micronucleus From micro- + nucleus. Head templates: {{en-noun|micronuclei}} micronucleus (plural micronuclei)
  1. (biology) A small nucleus.
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  2. (biology) The smaller of the nuclei of a ciliate protozoan (that contains genetic material).
    Sense id: en-micronucleus-en-noun-L8T-ZeJq Categories (other): Biology, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 24 76 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: micronuclear

Inflected forms

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