nucleolo-
(njuːˈkliːələʊ)
modern combining form of L. nucleolus (dim. of nucleus) a little nut; used in some biological compounds, as nucleolo-centrosome, nucleolo-nucleated, nucleolo-nucleolus, nucleolo-nucleus.
| 1892 Syd. Soc. Lex., Nucleolo-nucleated, Erasmus Wilson's term for a cell, the nucleus of which contains one or more nucleoli. Ibid., Nucleolo-nucleus, term applied by Mr. J. M. Macfarlane to a small body existing within the nucleolus of a cell. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 171/1 Nucleolo-Nucleolus, = Endonucleus. 1900 E. B. Wilson The Cell (ed. 2) 34 The nucleolus is shown..to be comparable with an attraction sphere or centrosome (nucleolo-centrosome). |