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paraspeckle

paraspeckle noun: an irregularly shaped compartment of the cell, found in the nucleus's interchromatin space.

Noun

paraspeckle (plural paraspeckles)

  1. An irregularly shaped compartment of the cell, found in the nucleus's interchromatin space

Forms of paraspeckle

pluralparaspeckles

Origin of paraspeckle

From para- + speckle.

Questions about paraspeckle

What does paraspeckle mean?
Paraspeckle means an irregularly shaped compartment of the cell, found in the nucleus's interchromatin space.
What part of speech is paraspeckle?
Paraspeckle is a noun.
What is the plural of paraspeckle?
The plural of paraspeckle is paraspeckles.

Words near paraspeckle in the dictionary

  1. parasorbic acid
  2. paraspastic
  3. paraspecies
  4. paraspecific
  5. paraspecificity
  6. paraspeckle
  7. paraspeckles
  8. parasperm
  9. parasphenoid
  10. parasphenoidal
  11. parasphenoids

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