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Word: Micronucleus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. From micro- + nucleus, after French micronucléus
Definition:
Originally: the smaller of the two types of nucleus of ciliate protozoans, which is involved in sexual reproduction. Later also: any relatively or abnormally small nucleus.
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