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nucleoid

[noo-klee-oid, nyoo-] /ˈnu kliˌɔɪd, ˈnyu-/ Microbiology
noun
1.
the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
adjective
2.
resembling a nucleus.
Origin of nucleoid
1850-1855
First recorded in 1850-55; nucle(us) + -oid
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nucleoid in Medicine

nucleoid nu·cle·oid (nōō'klē-oid', nyōō'-)
n.

  1. See nucleus.

  2. See nuclear inclusion body.

adj.
Resembling a nucleolus.
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