NUCLEOID


Meaning of NUCLEOID in English

/nooh"klee oyd', nyooh"-/ , Microbiol.

n.

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

adj.

2. resembling a nucleus.

[ 1850-55; NUCLE(US) + -OID ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .