paraspeckle

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noun

An irregularly shaped compartment of the cell, found in the nucleus's interchromatin space

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Meanings

nounparaspeckle (plural paraspeckles)

plural paraspeckles

  1. biologyAn irregularly shaped compartment of the cell, found in the nucleus's interchromatin space

Origin

From para- + speckle.

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APA

paraspeckle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraspeckle

MLA

“paraspeckle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraspeckle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paraspeckle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paraspeckle.

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