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nouna part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
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nounthe central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex
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nounany histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cordtype of:
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noun(astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
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nounthe positively charged dense center of an atom
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- cell a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
- dna (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- nuclear constituting or like a nucleus
- nuclear of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell
- nuclear of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom
- coma (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed
- orbit the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- powell English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
- neutron an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
- cortex the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus