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prenucleus

prenucleus adjective: occurring before the development of a nucleus.

Adjective

prenucleus (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before the development of a nucleus

Noun

prenucleus (plural prenuclei)

  1. Non-subject elements that are placed at the beginning of a clause before the subject in an interrogative. (e.g. which one in Which one did you pick? ).
    • We have identified three kinds of peripheral constituents: ad-nuclei (i.e., pre-nuclei, in-nuclei and post-nuclei), associated nuclei and IU openers.2019, Anne Lacheret-Dujour, Sylvain Kahane, Paola Pietrandrea, Rhapsodie: A prosodic and syntactic treebank for spoken French
  2. A partially formed nucleus that is still developing.
    • In egg nucleus one prenucleus in which the chromosomes are developing . This prenucleus could have been formed as a result of fusion of nucleolus and sperm ;1959 ·, Doklady: biological sciences sections - Volumes 128-131, page 212

Forms of prenucleus

pluralprenuclei

Origin of prenucleus

From pre- + nucleus.

Questions about prenucleus

What does prenucleus mean?
Prenucleus means occurring before the development of a nucleus.
What part of speech is prenucleus?
Prenucleus can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prenucleus in the dictionary

  1. prenucleolar
  2. prenucleoplasty
  3. prenucleosomal
  4. prenucleosome
  5. prenucleosomes
  6. prenucleus
  7. prenumber
  8. prenumbered
  9. prenumbering
  10. prenumbers
  11. prenunciation

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