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Pronucleus

One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and female pronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an impregnated ovum.

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Nucleus 76% connected

A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both…

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Cell noun · 78% connection

(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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Active transport noun · 78% connection

transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of…

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Apoptosis noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Caspase-mediated cell death noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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cell membrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cell organ noun · 78% connection

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"

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Cell organelle noun · 78% connection

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"

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Chromatin noun · 78% connection

the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…

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Chromatin granule noun · 78% connection

the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…

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Chromosome noun · 78% connection

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…

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Cytol noun · 78% connection

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

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Cytomembrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cytoplasm noun · 78% connection

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

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Cytoskeleton noun · 78% connection

a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence

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Dictyosome noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi apparatus noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi body noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi complex noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Blastide noun · 78% connection

A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursor of the nucleus.

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Blastosphere noun · 78% connection

The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.

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Bull noun · 78% connection

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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Centrolecithal adjective · 78% connection

Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal.

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Diaster noun · 78% connection

A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two gro…

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Dioecious adjective · 78% connection

Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male fl…

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Doe noun · 78% connection

A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female…

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Ectental adjective · 78% connection

Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the "ectental line" or line of juncture…

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Enchylemma noun · 78% connection

The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of…

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Fission noun · 78% connection

a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

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Fusion noun · 78% connection

a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

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Handsel noun · 78% connection

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…

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Hectocotylus noun · 78% connection

One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of t…

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Horse noun · 78% connection

The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

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Impregnate verb · 78% connection

To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furn…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bodies, nuclei, called, male, female.
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Impregnation noun · 78% connection

The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the…

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Karyokinesis noun · 78% connection

The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, atte…

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