Prokaryote Definition

prōkarēōt
noun
A single-celled organism lacking a true nucleus.
Webster's New World
Any of various microorganisms of the domains Archaea and Bacteria, characterized by the absence of a distinct membrane-bound nucleus and membrane-bound organelles and by the simultaneous occurrence of DNA transcription and protein synthesis at the same site, in contrast to eukaryotes.
American Heritage Medicine

In the two-empire system of biological taxonomy, an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae (now superseded).

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Other Word Forms of Prokaryote

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Singular:
prokaryote
Plural:
prokaryotes

Origin of Prokaryote

  • French procaryote Greek pro- before pro–2 Greek karuōtos having nuts (from karuon nut karyo–)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From pro- + Ancient Greek κάρυον (karuon, “nut, kernel") + -ote.

    From Wiktionary

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