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Macronucleus

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Noun
  1. 1
    The larger of the two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans; it controls the nonreproductive functions of the cell.

    "These binucleated forms have one macronucleus functional and another sexual micronucleus which is not functional in the ordinary life processes of the species."

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From macro- + nucleus.

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