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denucleate

denucleate verb: to remove the nucleus (typically from a cell).

Verb

denucleate (third-person singular simple present denucleates, present participle denucleating, simple past and past participle denucleated)

  1. To remove the nucleus (typically from a cell)

Antonyms of denucleate

Forms of denucleate

third-person singular presentdenucleates
present participledenucleating
past participledenucleated
pastdenucleated

Origin of denucleate

From de- + nucleate.

Questions about denucleate

What does denucleate mean?
Denucleate means to remove the nucleus (typically from a cell).
What part of speech is denucleate?
Denucleate is a verb.
What is the past tense of denucleate?
The past tense of denucleate is denucleated.

Words near denucleate in the dictionary

  1. denuclearizations
  2. denuclearize
  3. denuclearized
  4. denuclearizes
  5. denuclearizing
  6. denucleate
  7. denucleated
  8. denucleates
  9. denucleating
  10. denucleation
  11. denucleations

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