enucleate

Verb

enucleate (third-person singular simple present enucleates, present participle enucleating, simple past and past participle enucleated)

1. (transitive) To remove the nucleus from (a cell).
2. (transitive) To extract (an object) intact from an enclosed space
3. (archaic) To explain; to lay bare.

Adjective

IPA/ɪˈnukliɪt/

enucleate (not comparable)

1. Enucleated, having no nucleus.

Noun

enucleate (plural enucleates)

1. A cell which has been enucleated
   • 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.1973, D.M. Prescott, J.B. Kirkpatrick, “Mass Enucleation of Captured Animal Cells”, in David M. Prescott, editors, Methods in Cell Biology, Volume VII, →ISBN, page 197