Nucleoid

Meaning

Noun

●

In Microbiology:

The irregularly-shaped

within a

cell where the

genetic material

is localized

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Origin

nucleoid

English

-oid

English

εἶδος

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

εἴδω

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

nucleo-

English

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