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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

prokaryotic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English pro- English karyon English -ote English prokaryote Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English prokaryotic From prokaryote + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria.
  2. (not-comparable) Of cells, lacking a nucleus.

Antonyms

eukaryotic

Deriveds

picoprokaryotic · prokaryotically · nonprokaryotic

Relateds

prokaryote

Synonyms

bacterial

Translations (15)

nl prokaryotisch (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · nl prokaryoot (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · cmn 原核的 (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · ca procariòtic (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · es procariótico (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · fi prokaryoottinen (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · pl prokariotyczny (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · cy procaryotig (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · kmr navikdestpêkî (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · ca procariota (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · cs prokaryotický (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · fi esitumallinen (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · pt procariótico (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · el προκαρυωτικός (of cells, lacking a nucleus) · it procariotico (of cells, lacking a nucleus)