English Explanatory Dictionary

nucleofilament

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A filamentous form of a chromosome made from nucleosome subunits.

Word forms

nucleofilament nucleofilaments

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-der. Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom Latin fīlum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament English nucleofilament From nucleo- + filament.

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