Word Type

Noun

The word "nucleus" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

atom

Coordinate Terms

coda onset

Derived Terms

Borromean nucleus Edinger-Westphal nucleus Monakow's nucleus active galactic nucleus antinucleus atomic nucleus binucleus caudate nucleus cell nucleus dentate nucleus emboliform nucleus endonucleus gameto-nucleus geniculate nucleus halo nucleus hypernucleus ice nucleus intermediolateral nucleus lateral geniculate nucleus lenticular nucleus lentiform nucleus macronucleus medial geniculate nucleus meganucleus micronucleus myonucleus nucle nuclear nuclease nucleate, anucleate nucleic acid nuclein nucleo nucleolar nucleon nucleotide nucleus accumbens nucleus ambiguus nucleus cowry, nucleus cowrie nucleus globosus nucleus pulposus nucleus ruber nucleuslike nuclide paranucleus perinucleus planetary nebula nucleus prenucleus pronucleus red nucleus rejection nucleus retrotrapezoid nucleus sentence nucleus subnucleus syllable nucleus vestibular nucleus

Context

astronomy chemistry cytology neuroanatomy phonetics phonology physics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

anatomical structure bodily structure body structure cell organ cell organelle center centre complex body part midpoint neural structure organelle set structure

Type Of (IsA)

center neural structure organelle

Parts (Meronyms)

electron neutron proton

Part Of

atom cell comet

Related Terms

atom cell charge core eukaryotic ganglion genetic initial membrane neutron organelle proton syllable synapse vowel

Synonym Network

core lens nucleus

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