nucleofilament

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noun

A filamentous form of a chromosome made from nucleosome subunits.

OriginEnglish filament ← Medieval Latin fīlāmentum ← Late Latin fīlō →
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Meanings

nounnucleofilament (plural nucleofilaments)

plural nucleofilaments

  1. A filamentous form of a chromosome made from nucleosome subunits.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*knuks
  2. Latinnux
  3. Latinnucleu
  4. Englishnucleus
  5. Englishnucleo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  7. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  8. Latinfīlum
  9. Late Latinfīlō
  10. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  11. Englishfilament
  12. Englishnucleofilament

From nucleo- + filament.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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