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Definition: Prokaryotic |
ProkaryoticAdjective1. Having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Medicine | Unicellular organism having a less complex structure than a eukaryote; it's characterized by the absence of a nucleus and by having the genetic material in the form of simple filaments of DNA. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: ProkaryoticSynonym: procaryotic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: eukaryotic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Prokaryotic |
| English words defined with "prokaryotic": blue-green algae ♦ cyanobacteria, Cyanophyta ♦ division Cyanophyta ♦ kingdom Monera ♦ Monera. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "prokaryotic": Cloning, Molecular ♦ Genes, Overlapping, Genes, rRNA ♦ Homeodomain Proteins ♦ Ribonuclease H, Calf Thymus, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, RNA, Ribosomal, 23S, RNA, Ribosomal, 5S, RNA, Transfer, Met ♦ Selenocysteine. (references) |
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 | Here we see two Treponema pallidum bacteria scanned by an electron microscope, magnified 36,000X. T. pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC. |  | A photomicrograph of a virulent T. pallidum bacterium, ruptured at 6,000 psi. Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC. |
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| "Prokaryotic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Prokaryotic" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
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Expressions using "prokaryotic": prokaryotic cell ♦ Prokaryotic Cells. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "prokaryotic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | prokaryotisk celle (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), prokaryot celle (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), prokaryot (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | prokaryotische cel (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), prokaryote cel (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), prokaryoot (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), prokaryont (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), procaryoot (procaryote, prokaryote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | prokaryoottinen, prokaryootti (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), tumaton, esitumallinen, esitumainen (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), alkeistumainen (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | protocaryote (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), procaryote (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), cellule procaryote (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), bactérien. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Protokaryota (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), prokaryotische Zelle (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), Prokaryota (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), Prokaryont (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βακτηριακός (bacterial), προκαρυωτικός (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | protocariota (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), procariota (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), cellula procariotica (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), batterio (bacterium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 原 細胞 (prokaryotic cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | '"かくさいぼう (prokaryotic cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | okaryoticpray protocariote (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), procariote (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), procariota (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), célula procariota (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), célula procariótica (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote). (various references) protocariota (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), procarioto, procariota (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote), célula procariota (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote). (various references) prokaryot (procaryote, procaryotic, procaryotic cell, prokaryote, prokaryotic cell, protocaryote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Prokaryotic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: precirrhotic, procrayotic, prokarvotic, prokaryot. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-k-o-o-p-r-r-t-y" | |
-3 letters: traprock. | |
-4 letters: airport, apricot, aprotic, carport, carroty, corpora, opacity, oratory, parotic, parroty, partook, portico, portray, proctor, topiary, tripack. | |
-5 letters: aortic, arroyo, atopic, atypic, captor, carrot, cartop, croaky, crypto, karroo, octopi, octroi, orator, parity, parrot, picaro, piracy, pricky, priory, raptor, rarity, rotary, torpor, tricky, trocar, troika, tropic, yapock. | |
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