procaryote

pro•car•y•ote n.

pro•car•y•ot•ic adj.

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procaryote /prəʊˈkærɪɒt/ n

pro•kar•y•ote n.

Biology, Cell Biology, Microbiologyany cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.

Also, procaryote. Cf. eukaryote.

taken as singular of Neo-Latin Prokaryota, earlier Procaryotes (1925); see pro-¹, eukaryote

pro•kar•y•ot•ic adj.

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prokaryote, prokaryot, procaryote /prəʊˈkærɪɒt/ n

any organism having cells in each of which the genetic material is in a single DNA chain, not enclosed in a nucleus. Bacteria and archaeans are prokaryotes
Compare eukaryote

Etymology: from pro-² + karyo- + -ote as in zygoteprokaryotic, procaryotic /prəʊˌkærɪˈɒtɪk/ adj

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