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nucleolus
has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; nucleoli contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis
Synonyms Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)These were increased both in number and in size , contained prominent nucleoli , and were distributed throughout the fiber ( Figs. 2 - 5 ) . Occasionally there were small basophilic fibers that were devoid_of myofibrillae and contained many vesicular nuclei with prominent nucleoli ( Fig. 5 ) . |
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