See Also: nucleo-(medicine)
nucleo-(dictionary)
Nucleo Finanzas, SICAV, S.A.(finance)

nucleo- (iou)



nucleo- combining form of NUCLEUS, NUCLEAR, NUCLEIC: see -O-.
nucleo'capsid noun (Biology) the capsid of a virus with the enclosed nucleic acid M20.
nucleochro'nology noun (Astronomy) (a) a technique for dating stages in stellar nucleosynthesis by examining the relative abundances of nuclear species; (b) a series of nuclear species arranged in supposed chronological order of formation: L20.
nucleo,cosmochro'nology noun (Astronomy) (a) a technique for dating the evolutionary stages of the universe by examining the present distribution of isotopes; (b) a chronology so devised: M20.
nucleo-cyto'plasmic adjective (Biology) existing or taking place between, or relating to, the cell nucleus and the cytoplasm E20.
nucleo'genesis noun the formation of nuclei; spec. = nucleosynthesis: M20.
nucleo'histone noun (Biochemistry) a nucleoprotein in which the protein component is a histone L19.
nucleo'protamine noun (Biochemistry) a nucleoprotein in which the protein component is a protamine E20.
nucleo'somal adjective (Biology) of or pertaining to a nucleosome or nucleosomes L20.
nucleosome noun (Biology) a structural unit of a eukaryotic chromosome, consisting of a length of DNA coiled around a core of histones L20.
nucleo'synthesis noun (Astronomy) the cosmic formation of atoms more complicated than the hydrogen atom M20.
nucleosyn'thetic adjective of, pertaining to, or designating nucleosynthesis M20.