eukaryotic

English

Etymology

From eukaryote +‎ -ic.

Adjective

eukaryotic (not comparable)

1. (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
   • 1991, Lynn Margulis, ‎René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation:

     The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology.

2. (biology) Of or pertaining to a eukaryote.

Alternative forms

• eucaryotic

Derived terms

• antieukaryotic
• dieukaryotic
• eukaryotically
• microeukaryotic
• monoeukaryotic
• nanoeukaryotic
• noneukaryotic
• picoeukaryotic

Translations

having complex cells

• Catalan: eucariòtic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真核的 (zhēnhé de)

• Czech: eukaryotický (cs)
• Finnish: aitotumainen (fi), aitotumallinen (fi)
• French: eucaryote (fr)
• Galician: eucariota (gl) f
• Italian: eucariotico (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: navik dirustî, xaneya navik dirustî f

• Polish: eukariotyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: eucariótico (pt)
• Russian: эукариоти́ческий (ru) (eukariotíčeskij)
• Spanish: eucariótico
• Swedish: eukaryot (sv)
• Welsh: ewcaryotig

Noun

eukaryotic (plural eukaryotics)

1. Such a cell or organism