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perinucleus

perinucleus noun: a perinuclear region.

Noun

perinucleus (plural perinuclei)

  1. A perinuclear region
    • For Six1 IHC staining in prostate cancer tissues and normal prostate tissues, immunoreactivity was seen primarily in the cytoplasm and perinucleus of prostate cancer cells (Fig. 1 ).2015 June 20, Jun Zeng et al., “Increased expression of Six1 correlates with progression and prognosis of prostate cancer”, in Cancer Cell International, volume 15, →DOI

Forms of perinucleus

pluralperinuclei

Origin of perinucleus

From peri- + nucleus.

Questions about perinucleus

What does perinucleus mean?
Perinucleus means a perinuclear region.
What part of speech is perinucleus?
Perinucleus is a noun.
What is the plural of perinucleus?
The plural of perinucleus is perinuclei.

Words near perinucleus in the dictionary

  1. perinuclear
  2. perinuclearly
  3. perinuclei
  4. perinucleolar
  5. perinucleolus
  6. perinucleus
  7. perinæa
  8. perinæal
  9. perinæum
  10. periocclusion
  11. periocular

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