Home › Words › C › centronucleationcentronucleationcentronucleation means the movement of nuclei to the centre of a muscle fibre.EtymologyFrom centro- + nucleation.nounThe movement of nuclei to the centre of a muscle fibreDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.centronuclear 76% match — Describing a group of myopathies where the cell nuclei are abnormally located in the centre of skeletal muscle cells rather than on the periphery. vs centronucleation →centronucleated 73% match — Marked by centronucleation vs centronucleation →myonucleus 64% match — the nucleus of a muscle cell vs centronucleation →mononucleation 63% match — The formation of a single cell nucleus vs centronucleation →myonuclear 60% match — Relating to myonuclei vs centronucleation →binucleate 60% match — having two nuclei vs centronucleation →myotube 60% match — A structure of elongated multinucleate cells that contains some peripherally located myofibrils vs centronucleation →binucleus 60% match — A binucleated cell vs centronucleation →