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Definition of "pronuclear" []

  • Of or pertaining to the pronucleus (adjective)
  • Pro-nuclear (adjective)

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Use "pronuclear" in a sentence
  • "One of the methods, known as pronuclear transfer and being developed by scientists at Britain's Newcastle University, swaps DNA between two fertilized human eggs."
  • "HIGASHIDORI, Japan—Japan's troubled nuclear-energy industry faces its first major ballot-box test since the Fukushima Daiichi accident, in the northern prefecture of Aomori on Sunday, when voters choose between a conservative pronuclear governor seeking a third term and a challenger who wants to freeze all existing plans for new facilities."
  • "I watched in September 2005 as they sought to maximize news impact by waiting for hours until live TV cameras were rolling before staging a pronuclear rally in front of the British Embassy.89 Ready-for-camera vitriol was spewed; U.S., British, and Israeli flags were burned; some of the hundreds of protesters gathered buckets full of stones."