enucleate

English

Etymology

From e- + nucleus + -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈnuklɛ'eɪt/ or /ɪˈnukli'ɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪt

Verb

enucleate (third-person singular simple present enucleates, present participle enucleating, simple past enucleated, past participle enucleated)

1. (transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell).
2. (transitive, medicine) To remove; especially, to remove or gouge out (an eyeball or tumor).
3. (intransitive, medicine) To remove something; especially, to remove an eyeball or tumor.

Derived terms

• enucleation

Translations

remove the nucleus

Hebrew: שלף גרעין (he) (shaláf gar'ín)

remove the eye

Hebrew: ניקר (he) (nikér)

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French: énucléer

Noun

enucleate (plural enucleates)

1. (biology) A cell which has been enucleated
   • 1973, D.M. Prescott & J.B. Kirkpatrick, “Mass Enucleation of Captured Animal Cells”, in David M. Prescott editors, Methods in Cell Biology, Volume VII^[1], ISBN 0125641079, page 197:

     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.

Related terms

• anucleate
• denucleate
• nucleate

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Italian

Verb

enucleate

1. second-person plural present indicative of enucleare
2. second-person plural imperative of enucleare
3. Feminine plural of enucleato