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karyothecas

karyothecas is the plural of karyotheca.

Meaning of karyotheca

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

Questions about karyothecas

What is karyothecas the plural of?
Karyothecas is the plural of karyotheca.

Words near karyothecas in the dictionary

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

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