| BARYON | • baryon n. (Physics) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing… • BARYON n. a heavier class of subatomic particles. |
| KARYON | • karyon n. (Cytology) The nucleus of a cell. • KARYON n. the cell nucleus. |
| CARRYON | • carryon adj. Alternative spelling of carry-on. • carryon n. Alternative spelling of carry-on. • carry-on adj. Taken onto an airplane (Or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked. |
| EMBRYON | • embryon n. Archaic form of embryo. • embryon adj. (Now rare) Embryonic. • EMBRYON n. (archaic) an embryo. |
| EUCARYON | • eucaryon n. Alternative spelling of eukaryon. • EUCARYON n. a type of cell nucleus, also EUKARYON. |
| EUKARYON | • eukaryon n. A cell containing at least one distinct nucleus - characteristic of the single-celled or multicellular… • EUKARYON n. a type of cell nucleus, also EUCARYON. |
| ALECTRYON | • Alectryon prop.n. (Greek mythology) A youth charged by Ares to stand guard outside his door while the god indulged in… • Alectryon prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – trees and shrubs native to southeast Asia and Australia. • ALECTRYON n. a sapindaceous tree of Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia. |
| PROCARYON | • PROCARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROKARYON. |
| PROKARYON | • PROKARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROCARYON. |
| SYNKARYON | • synkaryon n. (Biology) A cell nucleus formed by the fusion of two preexisting nuclei (such as in an egg and a sperm cell). • SYNKARYON n. the nucleus of a fertilized egg. |
| ANTIBARYON | • antibaryon n. (Physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a baryon. • ANTIBARYON n. an antiparticle to the baryon. |
| PERIKARYON | • perikaryon n. The cell body of a neuron or of an odontoblast. • PERIKARYON n. the cell body of a neuron containing the nucleus. |
| HETEROKARYON | • heterokaryon n. (Biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |