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nucleophagy

nucleophagy noun: a form of autophagy in which parts, or all of the cell nucleus is removed.

Noun

nucleophagy (uncountable)

  1. A form of autophagy in which parts, or all of the cell nucleus is removed.

Origin of nucleophagy

From nucleo- + -phagy.

Questions about nucleophagy

What does nucleophagy mean?
Nucleophagy means a form of autophagy in which parts, or all of the cell nucleus is removed.
What part of speech is nucleophagy?
Nucleophagy is a noun.

Words near nucleophagy in the dictionary

  1. nucleones
  2. nucleonic
  3. nucleonics
  4. nucleons
  5. nucleopetal
  6. nucleophagy
  7. nucleophile
  8. nucleophiles
  9. nucleophilic
  10. nucleophilic substitution
  11. nucleophilic substitutions

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