enucleate
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ēnucleātus, from ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel from”), from ē- + nucleus (“kernel”).
Pronunciation edit
- (verb) IPA(key): /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/
- (adjective) IPA(key): /ɪˈnukliɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliɪt/, /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪt
Verb edit
enucleate (third-person singular simple present enucleates, present participle enucleating, simple past and past participle enucleated)
- (transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell).
- (transitive, medicine) To extract (an object) intact from an enclosed space
- (archaic) To explain; to lay bare.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
remove the nucleus
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Adjective edit
enucleate (not comparable)
- Enucleated, having no nucleus.
Noun edit
enucleate (plural enucleates)
- (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, 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 edit
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
enucleate
- inflection of enucleare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
enucleate f pl
Latin edit
Etymology edit
ēnucleātus (“pure, plain”) + -ē
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eː.nu.kleˈaː.teː/, [eːnʊkɫ̪eˈäːt̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.nu.kleˈa.te/, [enukleˈäːt̪e]
Adverb edit
ēnucleātē (not comparable)
References edit
- “enucleate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “enucleate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers