mononucleolar

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adjective

With a single nucleolus.

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Meanings

adjectivemononucleolar (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyWith a single nucleolus.

    The karyotype was mononucleolar: one obligatory nucleolus (N) was well developed in sec. 3, near the centromere and the telomere in arm G.

    2015, Ninel A. Petrova et al., “Karyotypical characteristics of two allopatric African populations of anhydrobiotic Polypedilum Kieffer, 1912 (Diptera, Chironomidae) originating from Nigeria and Malawi”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 9, →DOI

Origin

From mono- + nucleolar.

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APA

mononucleolar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mononucleolar

MLA

“mononucleolar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mononucleolar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mononucleolar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mononucleolar.

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