🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

核小体

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kakushōtai

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nucleolus/njuːˈkliː.ə.ləs/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"核小体はリボソームの合成に関与している。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    A small dense spherical structure in the nucleus of a cell during interphase, primarily responsible for the production and assembly of ribosomes.

    "Under the high-powered microscope, the nucleolus was clearly visible as a dark body within the cell's nucleus."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, formed as a diminutive of the Latin word 'nucleus' meaning kernel or inner part, combined with the diminutive suffix '-olus'. First introduced into scientific nomenclature in the 19th century as cell biology emerged to describe the small, dense spherical structure observed within the eukaryotic cell nucleus.

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