(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may…
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small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
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transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
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A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, atte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English histo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.(law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, region, cytoplasm, adjacent, nucleus.
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