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nucleoid definition

nu·cle·oid (no̵̅o̅′klē o̵id′, nyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun

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

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