Definitions For Nucleoid

Noun

NUCLEOID (plural NUCLEOIDs) (microbiology) The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized

Derived terms

nucleoidal nucleoidally

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 擬核, sc=Hant}}, {{t, cmn, 拟核, sc=Hans (nǐhé) French: nucléoïde, m Italian: nucleoide, m Portuguese: nucleoide, m Spanish: nucleoide, m

See also

{{pedialite}}

Etymology

{{confix, en, nucleo, oid}}; thus "like a nucleus".

Anagrams

leuconid, uncoiled, undocile

Is Nucleoid a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
15

The word Nucleoid is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

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