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MULTINUCLEATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does multinucleate mean?
• MULTINUCLEATE (adjective)
The adjective MULTINUCLEATE has 1 sense:
1. having two or more nuclei
Familiarity information: MULTINUCLEATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having two or more nuclei
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
uninucleate (having one nucleus)
Pertainym:
nucleus (a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction)
Context examples
Large cells of unknown origin, usually multinucleate, whose presence is the common histologic characteristic of HODGKIN DISEASE.
(Murine Reed-Sternberg Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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