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karyotheca

karyotheca noun: synonym of nuclear membrane.

Noun

karyotheca (plural karyothecas)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of nuclear membrane.
    • Karyosome, or nucleus — comprises the following parts: nuclear wall, or karyotheca, chromosomes and their constituents, linin, what is generally known as nucleoli of various kinds.1900 September, Gustav Eisen, “The spermatogenesis of Batrachoseps”, in Journal of Morphology, volume 17, page 9

Synonyms of karyotheca

Forms of karyotheca

pluralkaryothecas

Origin of karyotheca

From karyo- + theca.

Questions about karyotheca

What does karyotheca mean?
Karyotheca means synonym of nuclear membrane.
What part of speech is karyotheca?
Karyotheca is a noun.
What is the plural of karyotheca?
The plural of karyotheca is karyothecas.

Words near karyotheca in the dictionary

  1. karyospheres
  2. karyostenotic
  3. karyosystematic
  4. karyosystematics
  5. karyotes
  6. karyotheca
  7. karyothecal
  8. karyothecas
  9. karyotin
  10. karyotype
  11. karyotyped

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