Definition of Procaryotic

1. Adjective. Having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei.

Exact synonyms: Prokaryotic
Antonyms: Eucaryotic, Eukaryotic
Derivative terms: Procaryote, Prokaryote
Partainyms: Prokaryote, Prokaryote

Lexicographical Neighbors of Procaryotic

procambiums
procapitalist
procapitalists
procapsid
procapsids
procarbazine
procarbazines
procarboxypeptidase
procarboxypeptidases
procarcinogen
procarcinogens
procarps
procaryote
procaryotes
procaryotic (current term)
procaspase
procatalepsis
procatarctic
procatarctics
procatarxis
procathedral
procathedrals
procced
proccing
procede
proceded
procedes
procedural
procedural law

Literary usage of Procaryotic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Symbiotic relationships involving the procaryotic blue- green algae will be reviewed below, but first a brief survey of the symbiotic relationships of ..."

2. Efficiency of Nitrogen Fertilizers for Rice: Proceedings of the Meeting of by International Rice Research Institute (1987)
"Nitrogen-fixing algae belong exclusively to the blue-green algae (BGA) which are procaryotic. Their growth adds N to the ecosystem. ..."

3. Rice Pest Science and Management: Selected Papers from the International by P. S. Teng, Kong Luen Heong, K. Moody (1994)
"... plant pathogens include those expected of procaryotic and viral microbes. For bacteria, this includes conjugation, transformation, and transduction. ..."

4. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"This project uses the powerful tool of procaryotic genetics to assess mutation rates in plants rather than the analysis of thousands of progeny plants. ..."

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