Enucleate

//ɪˈnukliˌeɪt// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cell which has been enucleated

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the nucleus from (a cell). transitive
  2. 2
    remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover wordnet
  3. 3
    To extract (an object) intact from an enclosed space transitive
  4. 4
    remove the nucleus from (a cell) wordnet
  5. 5
    To explain; to lay bare. archaic
Adjective
  1. 1
    Enucleated, having no nucleus. not-comparable

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"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēnucleātus, from ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel from”), from ē- + nucleus (“kernel”).

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