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Medical Definition of Nucleochyme
1. The presumably fluid substance or gel of the nucleus in which stainable elements were believed to be suspended; much that was formerly considered to be karyolymph is now known to be euchromatin. Synonym: nuclear hyaloplasm, nuclear sap, nucleochylema, nucleochyme. Origin: karyo-+ L. Lympha, clear water (05 Mar 2000)