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Eukaryote

Eukaryote: An organism that consists of one or more cells with a nucleus and other well-developed compartments. People are eukaryotes. Eukaryotes include all organisms except bacteria, viruses and certain (blue-green) algae which, by contrast, are prokaryotes. See: Prokaryote.
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1. A cell containing a membrane-bound nucleus with chromosomes of DNA, RNA, and proteins, mostly large (10–100 μm), with cell division involving a form of mitosis in which mitotic spindles (or some microtubule arrangement) are involved; mitochondria are present, and, in photosynthetic species, plastids are found; undulipodia (cilia or flagella) are of the complex 9+2 organization of tubulin and various proteins. Possession of a e. type of cell characterizes the four kingdoms above the Monera or prokaryote level of complexity : Protoctista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia, combined into the superkingdom Eukaryotae. 2. Common name for members of the Eukaryotae. SYN: eucaryote. [eu- + G. karyon, kernel, nut]

eukaryote — n. an organism with good or membrane bound nuclei having multiple chromosomes; eucaryotes also have other membrane bound organelles such as mitochondria or chloroplasts, within the cytoplasm enclosed by the outer membrane. Such cells are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Eukaryote — Eukaryotes Temporal range: Proterozoic – Recent Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker Margulis,1978 Kingdoms … Wikipedia
eukaryote — сущ. биол. эукариот (организм, клетки которого имеют оформленное ядро) … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
eukaryote — also eucaryote noun Etymology: New Latin Eukaryotes, proposed subdivision of protists, from eu + kary + otes, plural noun suffix, from Greek ōtos more at otic Date: 1943 any of a domain (Eukarya) or a higher taxonomic group (Eukaryota) above the… … New Collegiate Dictionary

Eukaryote — Eukaryota Eukaryotes … Wikipédia en Français
Eukaryote — Organism whose cells have (1) chromosomes with nucleosomal structure and separated from the cytoplasm by a two membrane nuclear envelope, and (2) compartmentalisation of a function in distinct cytoplasmic organelles. Contrast Prokaryotes… … Dictionary of molecular biology
eukaryote — eukaryotic /yooh kar ee ot ik/, adj. /yooh kar ee oht , ee euht/, n. Biol. any organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type that contains specialized organelles in the cytoplasm, a membrane bound nucleus enclosing genetic… … Universalium
eukaryote — noun Any of the single celled or multicellular organisms, of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus. See Also: eukaryon, eukaryotic, prokaryote … Wiktionary
eukaryote — эукариот организм, клетки которого имеют оформленное ядро … Англо-русский словарь по биотехнологиям
eukaryote — [juː kærɪə(ʊ)t] 1) Биология: эукариот (организм, клетки которого имеют оформленное ядро) 2) Медицина: эукариотный организм (с истинным клеточным ядром) … Универсальный англо-русский словарь