Words Like NUCLEUS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to NUCLEUS.

10 Alternative Words Similar to nucleus

1 Core Noun      Synonym Words Like Core
2 Center Noun      Synonym Words Like Center
3 Centre Noun      Synonym Words Like Centre
4 Midpoint Noun      Synonym Words Like Midpoint
5 Set Noun      Synonym Words Like Set
6 Kernel Noun      Synonym Words Like Kernel
7 Nucleoplasm Noun      Variant Words Like Nucleoplasm
8 Division Noun      Variant Words Like Division
9 Pronucleus Noun      Hyponym
10 Structure Noun      Hypernym Words Like Structure

10 definitions of nucleus

1 A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively.
2 The body or the head of a comet.
3 An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
4 A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.
5 A body, usually spheroidal, in a eukaryotic cell, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents, which contains the chromosomal genetic material, including the chromosomal DNA. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division.
6 The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell.
7 The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum.
8 A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks.
9 the positively charged dense center of an atom
10 any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
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