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nebenkern

nebenkern noun: a mass or shred of chromatin-staining material outside of the nucleus in the cytoplasm.

Noun

nebenkern (plural nebenkerns)

  1. A mass or shred of chromatin-staining material outside of the nucleus in the cytoplasm.

Forms of nebenkern

pluralnebenkerns

Origin of nebenkern

German neben (“near”) and Kern (“nucleus”).

Questions about nebenkern

What does nebenkern mean?
Nebenkern means a mass or shred of chromatin-staining material outside of the nucleus in the cytoplasm.
What part of speech is nebenkern?
Nebenkern is a noun.
What is the plural of nebenkern?
The plural of nebenkern is nebenkerns.

Words near nebenkern in the dictionary

  1. nebels
  2. Nebelung
  3. Nebelungs
  4. nebenion
  5. nebenions
  6. nebenkern
  7. nebenkerns
  8. nebentan
  9. nebentypus
  10. neber
  11. nebesh

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