nucleoprotein

1. 1.

   any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid

   Broaderprotein

Other forms of nucleoprotein

plural

nucleoproteins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nucleoprotein

What does nucleoprotein mean?

nucleoprotein means "any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid".

How many syllables are in nucleoprotein?

nucleoprotein has 5 syllables: nu-cle-o-pro-tein. The stress falls on "o".

Is nucleoprotein a common word?

nucleoprotein 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.