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NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut...

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 845 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NUCLEUS (See also:Lat. for the kernal of a See also:nut, nux, the See also:stone of See also:fruit)  , the central portion of things, See also:round which other parts of the same thing or other things collect together . The See also:term is particularly applied to the central See also:mass of See also:protoplasm in a plant or See also:animal See also:cell (see See also:CYTOLOGY) .

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