micronucleus
noun
micronucleus is spelled M-I-C-R-O-N-U-C-L-E-U-S: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, micronucleus means “A small nucleus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of micronucleus is micronuclei.
How many letters and syllables are in micronucleus?
| Letters | 12: M-I-C-R-O-N-U-C-L-E-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is micronucleus?
Micronucleus appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of micronucleus
- micronuclei plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does micronucleus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small nucleus.
- 2
The smaller of the nuclei of a ciliate protozoan (that contains genetic material).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does micronucleus come from?
From micro- + nucleus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).