单词 | nucleopetal |
释义 | nucleopetaladj. Biology. rare. Towards the nucleus; spec. designating a type of melanocyte in which the pigment granules are located close to the cell nucleus. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > cell > cell organelle or contents > [adjective] > having nucleus > towards the nucleus nucleopetal1887 1887 Jrnl. Morphol. 1 236 The change from a centripetal to a nucleopetal direction. 1956 Genetics 41 436 This type of melanocyte might be described as nucleopetal as contrasted with the commoner nucleofugal type. 1960 Q. Rev. Biol. 35 24/2 In ‘leaden’ and ‘dilute’ genotypes the melanocytes have fewer and finer dendritic processes and hence the pigment granules are largely clumped around the nucleus in the body of the cell. This type of pigment cell has been designated ‘nucleopetal’ as opposed to the more familiar melanocytes which are ‘nucleofugal’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1887 |
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