karyotheca
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karyotheca (plural karyothecas)
- (obsolete) Synonym of nuclear membrane
- 1900 September, Gustav Eisen, “The spermatogenesis of Batrachoseps”, in Journal of Morphology, volume 17, page 9:
- Karyosome, or nucleus — comprises the following parts: nuclear wall, or karyotheca, chromosomes and their constituents, linin, what is generally known as nucleoli of various kinds.