enucleate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin enucleatus, from enucleare "to remove the kernel from", from e- + nucleus "kernel".

Pronunciation

  • (verb) IPA(key): /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/
  • (adjective) IPA(key): /ɪˈnukliɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliɪt/, /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪt

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell).
  2. (transitive, medicine) To remove without cutting into it; especially, to remove or gouge out (an eyeball or tumor).
  3. (archaic) explain

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

enucleate (not comparable)

  1. Enucleated, having no nucleus.

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, →ISBN, 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.

Italian

Verb

enucleate

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