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ex·tra·nu·cle·ar .ek-strə-'n(y)ü-klē-ər adj situated in or affecting the parts of a cell external to the nucleus: CYTOPLASMIC
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ex·tra·nu·cle·ar (eks″trə-nooґkle-ər) situated or occurring outside a cell nucleus.Medical dictionary. 2011.