Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the substances present in the nucleus of a cell, consisting chiefly of proteins, phosphoric acids, and nucleic acids.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The phosphorized nitrogenous constituent of cell-nuclei.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A constituent of the nuclei of all cells, containing protein and nucleic acid. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The essential and indispensable element of the nucleus is called nuclein (or caryoplasm); that of the cell body is called plastin (or cytoplasm).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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Because it resided in the nuclei of cells, he called it "nuclein".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Because it resided in the nuclei of cells, he called it "nuclein".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The small central particle of nuclein which is formed from this combination of the nuclei is the stem-nucleus, or the first segmentation nucleus; the new-formed cell, the product of the impregnation, is our stem-cell, or "first segmentation sphere" (Figure
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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He called this compound nuclein; today we call it nucleic acid.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968 - Presentation Speech 1969
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If we now summarize the results of the investigations of loosely bound nuclein substances, the result is
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As a result of his work on the action of phlorhizin, a glucoside provoking glycosuria, and another one on nuclein metabolism in man, he was appointed
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Some of the albuminoids, as nuclein, are equal in food value to protein, while others have a lower food value.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
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Neither the assimilation of new material food, nor its use in tissue building can be effected without the presence of free oxygen and nuclein, or corpuscular elements of the blood.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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When alcohol or any other substance, introduced into the blood, retards the tissue waste, as shown by the diminished amount of excretory products, it must do so by either diminishing the amount of free oxygen in the blood, by impairing the vasomotor and trophic nerve functions or by direct impairment of the properties of the nuclein or protogen elements of the blood and tissues.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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