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核小体 (kakushoutai) Japanese meaning: nucleolus | Kotomora

核かく小しょう体たい

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Meanings

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Biology term for the small dense structure within the nucleus of a cell, involved in ribosome synthesis.

核かく小しょう体たいはリボソームRNAの合ごう成せいに関

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The nucleolus is involved in the synthesis of ribosomal RNA.

Kanji

核nucleus, core, kernel
小little, small
体body, substance, object

Related words

仁じん
核小体 is the standard, explicit biology term for the nucleolus, while 仁 is a shorter, more technical alternative name for the same structure.

Etymology

From 核 (nucleus) + 小 (small) + 体 (body), a direct translation of the biological term 'nucleolus'.