nucleole

2 definitions found

nucleole - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nucleole \Nu"cle*ole\, n. [See Nucleolus.]
     The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.
     [1913 Webster]

nucleole - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nucleole
      n 1: a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such
           organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein
           synthesis [syn: nucleolus, nucleole]