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Definition of Nucleate

1. Verb. Form into a nucleus. "Some cells had nucleated"

2. Adjective. Having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus. "Nucleated cells"

Definition of Nucleate

1. a. Having a nucleus; nucleated.

2. v. t. To gather, as about a nucleus or center.

Definition of Nucleate

1. Adjective. Having a nucleus; nucleated ¹

2. Verb. To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus ¹

3. Noun. Any salt of a nucleic acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nucleate

1. to form into a nucleus [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Nucleate

1. A salt of a nucleic acid. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleate

nuclearised nuclearises nuclearising nuclearism nuclearity nuclearization nuclearizations nuclearize nuclearized nuclearizes

nuclearizing nuclearly nuclease nucleases nucleasic nucleate (current term) nucleate endonuclease nucleated nucleates nucleating

nucleation nucleations nucleator nucleators nuclei nuclei anteriores thalami nuclei arcuati nuclei basales nuclei cochleares nuclei corporis mamillaris

Literary usage of Nucleate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Physiology of Plants: A Treatise Upon the Metabolism and Sources of by Wilhelm Pfeffer (1900)
"Uni- and Multi-nucleate Cells. In every cell a nucleus is constantly present, but in many cases more than one, and in some cases a very large number may be ..."

2. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"The multi-nucleate masses become spherical and divide into a number of ... Two uni-nucleate individuals have been observed to conjugate and encyst. ..."

3. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania by University of Pennsylvania Botanical Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Botanical Laboratory (1904)
"The inner bi-nucleate cell becomes passive for a time. ... The bi-nucleate cells again become active and by the division of each nucleus two quadri-nucleate ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"The heads extracted with alcohol-ether contain on an average 960 pm protamine nucleate, which nevertheless is not uniform, but is- so divided that the outer ..."

5. Biochemical Catalysts in Life and Industry: Proteolytic Enzymes by Jean Effront (1917)
"To 2.5 g. of sodium nucleate, previously dissolved in 150 cc of warm water, ... DECOMPOSITION OF SODIUM nucleate. Sachs has investigated the conditions ..."

6. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Non-nucleate cells can grow somewhat in length. The non-nucleate chamber (which is distinguished from the non-nucleate cell by a larger or smaller opening ..."

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