nucleoid

[noo-klee-oid, nyoo-] /ˈnu kliˌɔɪd, ˈnyu-/ Microbiology

noun

the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.

adjective

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.

adj.
Resembling a nucleolus.

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