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multinucleate

nu·cle·ate
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [adjective noo-klee-it, -eyt, nyoo-; verb noo-klee-eyt, nyoo-]
    • /adjective ˈnu kli ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈnyu-; verb ˈnu kliˌeɪt, ˈnyu-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [adjective noo-klee-it, -eyt, nyoo-; verb noo-klee-eyt, nyoo-]
    • /adjective ˈnu kli ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈnyu-; verb ˈnu kliˌeɪt, ˈnyu-/

Definitions of multinucleate word

  • adjective multinucleate having a nucleus. 1
  • verb with object multinucleate to form (something) into a nucleus. 1
  • verb without object multinucleate to form a nucleus. 1
  • noun multinucleate (biology) having more than one nucleus; multinuclear. 1
  • adjective multinucleate having more than two nuclei 0
See all 5 definitions of multinucleate

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Origin of multinucleate

First appearance:

before 1860
One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65, nucleate is from the Latin word nucleātus having a kernel or stone. See nucleus, -ate1

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Parts of speech for Multinucleate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Multinucleate

multinucleate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

multinucleate usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • coenocyte

    a mass of protoplasm containing many nuclei and enclosed by a cell wall: occurs in many fungi and some algae

  • fungus

    any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae.

  • heterokaryosis

    condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.

  • nucleate

    having a nucleus.

  • parasexual reproduction

    reproduction by recombination of genes from genetically dissimilar nuclei within binucleate or multinucleate cells, as in filamentous fungi.

  • plasmodium

    Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
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