ALL meanings of nucleoid
nu·cle·oid
N n - noun nucleoid the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane. 1
- adjective nucleoid resembling a nucleus. 1
- noun nucleoid (microbiology) The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized. 1
- noun nucleoid the region of a prokaryotic cell where the cell's genetic component (nucleic acids) is located 0
- adjective nucleoid resembling a nucleus 0
- noun nucleoid a region in the cells of prokaryotes that contains nucleic acids but which is not bounded by a membrane: it is analogous in function to the nucleus of eukaryotic cells 0