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NUCLEOLUS
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Irregular inflected form: nucleoli
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nucleolus" is a kind of...):
cell organ; cell organelle; organelle (a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ)
Holonyms ("nucleolus" is a part of...):
cell nucleus; karyon; nucleus (a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction)
Context examples:
It is characterized by the presence of large malignant cells with vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli, syncytial growth pattern, and a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate.
(Nasopharyngeal Type Undifferentiated Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
DAXX co-represses transcription by recruitment to nucleoli or PML/POD/ND10 nuclear bodies through interaction with MCSR1 or PML and directly inhibits PAX3 and ETS1.
(Death Domain-Associated Protein 6, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, aggressive neuroendocrine carcinoma that arises from the cervix and is characterized by the presence of malignant cells with abundant cytoplasm, large nuclei, and prominent nucleoli.
(Cervical Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Other tumor cells are small with small nuclei without visible nucleoli.
(Chordoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The B-prolymphocytes are medium-sized, round lymphoid cells with prominent nucleoli.
(B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
These cells have large, vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli and a clear, glycogen-rich cytoplasm.
(Central Nervous System Germinoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
A body within the cell, surrounded by a membrane, within which lie the chromosomes, one or more nucleoli, combined with proteins, and exhibits mitosis.
(Nucleus, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant neoplasm composed of large cells with large nuclei, prominent nucleoli, and abundant pale cytoplasm (Paget cells).
(Paget Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
The cells display nuclear atypia and prominent nucleoli.
(Borderline Ovarian Clear Cell Adenofibroma with Intraepithelial Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
In some cases, the cells may display nuclear atypia and prominent nucleoli.
(Borderline Ovarian Clear Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
