Etymology

nebenkern

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Today it means: A mass or shred of chromatin-staining material outside of the nucleus in the cytoplasm. Full definition →

German neben
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  1. German · derived fromneben“near”
  2. English todaynebenkern

German neben (“near”) and Kern (“nucleus”).

Words from the same roots

Germanneben all →

nebenion

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