eukaryotic

adjective

eu·​kary·​ot·​ic (ˌ)yü-ˌker-ē-ˈä-tik  -ˌka-rē- 

: of, relating to, or being an organism (as of the domain Eukarya) composed of one or more cells containing visibly evident nuclei and organelles : being or characteristic of a eukaryote

eukaryotic cells

eukaryotic species

Examples of eukaryotic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In this way, all eukaryotic life, including human life, rides on the spindle’s success with each cell division across an organism’s lifetime. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026

The algae are either eukaryotic algae, such as green algae, or cyanobacteria, which are bacterial algae, or a combination of the two. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 19 June 2026

Owing to their near-universal presence in all eukaryotic cells, most scientists suspect that mitochondria originated before chloroplasts. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026

This resulted in a much smaller group of genes than are present in a typical eukaryotic genome. — ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eukaryotic

• abiotic
• aeronautic
• apoptotic
• asymptotic
• cyanotic
• idiotic
• meiotic
• patriotic
• prebiotic
• probiotic
• semiotic
• symbiotic