intranuclear

[in-truh-noo-klee-er, -nyoo-, -kyuh-ler]

adjective

1. existing or taking place within a nucleus.

intranuclear

/ ˌɪntrəˈnjuːklɪə /

adjective

1. situated or occurring within a nucleus

Pronunciation Note

See nuclear.

Word History and Origins

Origin of intranuclear¹

First recorded in 1885–90; intra- + nuclear

Example Sentences

The resource highlights a conspicuous distinction between distal and proximal regions of chromosomes that is reflected by the intranuclear chromatin organization.

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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.

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

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

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