cell nucleus

1. 1.

   a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

   Synonymsnucleuskaryon

   Broaderorganelle

   Narrowerpronucleussubthalamic nucleus

   Part ofcell

   Partsnucleoluschromatinachromatinlininchromosome

Questions about cell nucleus

What does cell nucleus mean?

cell nucleus means "a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction".

What is another word for cell nucleus?

Close synonyms include nucleus, karyon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cell nucleus a common word?

cell nucleus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.