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intranuclear

American  
[in-truh-noo-klee-er, -nyoo-, -kyuh-ler] / ˌɪn trəˈnu kli ər, -ˈnyu-, -kyə lər /

adjective

  1. existing or taking place within a nucleus.


intranuclear British  
/ ˌɪntrəˈnjuːklɪə /

adjective

  1. situated or occurring within a nucleus

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Pronunciation

See nuclear.

Etymology

Origin of intranuclear

First recorded in 1885–90; intra- + nuclear

Example Sentences

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By means of stains she discovered inside these oversized cells small bodies called intranuclear inclusions.

From Time Magazine Archive

C. glomericola, from the intestinal epithelium of Glomeris, and C. caryolytica, from the intestinal epithelium of the mole, intranuclear.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

The parasite does not exceed the corpuscle in length; the forms included in this genus, moreover, although not actually intranuclear, have a marked karyolytic and disintegrating action upon the nucleus of the corpuscle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various