multinucleateadj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈnjuːklɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈn(j)ukliᵻt/; see also multi- comb. form. Pathology and Biology.
Having more than one nucleus. Cf. multinuclear adj.
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polynucleated1857
multinuclear1860
quadrinucleate1863
multinucleated1873
polynuclear1876
multinucleate1877
multinucleolar1882
uninuclear1882
uninucleate1885
trinucleate1887
mononucleated1890
polynucleate1894
polymorphonuclear1897
uninucleated1898
mononucleate1901
polymorphonucleate1904
polymorph1906
heterokaryotic1916
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals xii. 659 Unicellular organisms, which occasionally become multicellular, or at any rate multinucleate, by the multiplication of the nucleus.
1903 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Sci. Oct. 618 The irregular form and multinucleate condition of this new sporozoon indicate a position among the Myxosporidia.
1939 E. A. Bessey Text-bk. Mycol. (new ed.) ix. 240 The two genera agree..in the fact that the uniting sexual organs are multinucleate, and the resulting ascus multispored.
1958 Immunology 1 107 Masses of necrotic material surrounded by a ring of multinucleate giant cells.
1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iii. 340 Very large multinucleate cells are found in measles-infected tissues.
1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) ii. 175/1 The first sign of sporulation is the deposition of a thin wall around the larger multinucleate cells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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