- multinuclear, multinucleate
- Having two or more nuclei. SYN: plurinuclear, polynuclear, polynucleate.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
multinuclear, multinucleate
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Multinucleate — Mul ti*nu cle*ate, Multinucleated Mul ti*nu cle*a ted, a. (Biol.) Multinuclear. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
multinucleate — [mul΄tino͞o′klē it, mul΄ti no͞o′klēāt΄; mul΄tinyo͞o′klē it, mul΄tinyo͞o′klē āt΄] adj. having more than two nuclei: also multinucleated or multinuclear … English World dictionary
multinuclear — adjective see multinucleate * * * adj. * * * multinūˈclear, multinūˈcleate or multinūˈcleated adjective Having several nuclei • • • Main Entry: ↑multi * * * multinuclear see multi 1 a … Useful english dictionary
multinucleate — adjective having more than one nucleus; multinuclear … Wiktionary
multinuclear — adjective Having multiple nuclei; multinucleate … Wiktionary
multinuclear — /mʌltiˈnjukliə/ (say multee nyoohkleeuh) adjective having many or several nuclei, as a cell. Also, multinucleate …
Multinucleated — Multinucleate Mul ti*nu cle*ate, Multinucleated Mul ti*nu cle*a ted, a. (Biol.) Multinuclear. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Osteoclast — A cell that nibbles at and breaks down bone and is responsible for bone resorption. Osteoclasts are large multinucleate cells (cells with more than one nucleus) that differentiate from another type of cell called a macrophage. In normal bone,… … Medical dictionary
plasmotomy — A form of mitosis in multinuclear protozoan cells in which the cytoplasm divides into two or more masses, later reproducing, in some cases by sporulation. [plasmo + G. tome, incision] * * * plas·mot·o·my plaz mät ə mē n, pl mies … Medical dictionary
multinucleat — MULTINUCLEÁT, Ă adj. multinuclear. (< engl. multinucleate, lat. multinucleatus) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
