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eucaryotic

eucaryotic is the alternative spelling of eukaryotic.

Meaning of eukaryotic

Adjective

eukaryotic (not comparable)

  1. Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
    • The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology.1991, Lynn Margulis, René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation
  2. Of or pertaining to a eukaryote.

See all 3 meanings of eukaryotic

Origin of eucaryotic

From eucaryote + -ic.

Questions about eucaryotic

What is eucaryotic the alternative spelling of?
Eucaryotic is the alternative spelling of eukaryotic.

Words near eucaryotic in the dictionary

  1. eucaryon
  2. eucaryons
  3. eucaryot
  4. eucaryote
  5. eucaryotes
  6. eucaryotic
  7. eucaryots
  8. eucasin
  9. eucasins
  10. eucatastrophe
  11. eucatastrophes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eucaryotic (page history and authors); eukaryotic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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