procaryotic

1. 1.

   having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei

   Synonymsprokaryotic

   Antonymseucaryotic

Questions about procaryotic

What does procaryotic mean?

procaryotic means "having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei".

How many syllables are in procaryotic?

procaryotic has 4 syllables: pro-ca-ryo-tic. The stress falls on "ryo".

What is another word for procaryotic?

Close synonyms include prokaryotic. 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.

What is the opposite of procaryotic?

The recorded antonyms are eucaryotic.

Is procaryotic a common word?

procaryotic 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.