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Nucleolar

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nu·cle·o·lus  (n-kl-ls, ny-)
n. pl. nu·cle·o·li (-l) Biology
A small, typically round granular body composed of protein and RNA in the nucleus of a cell. It is usually associated with a specific chromosomal site and involved in ribosomal RNA synthesis and the formation of ribosomes.

[New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of nucleus, kernel; see nucleus.]

nu·cleo·lar (-lr) adj.


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