ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Enucleate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Enucleate is a verb meaning (transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell).

Meaning

(transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell).

More Meanings

  1. (transitive, medicine) To extract (an object) intact from an enclosed space
  2. Enucleated, having no nucleus.
  3. (biology) A cell which has been enucleated
  4. (archaic) To explain; to lay bare.

Example Sentences

By 12 hours after enucleation, the rate of incorporation of 3H-labeled amino acids is severely reduced, and by 18 hours many enucleates no longer show detectable incorporation.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include denucleate, self-enucleate, unnail, expunge, unniche, nuke.

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