multinucleatedadj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈnjuːklɪeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈn(j)ukliˌeɪdᵻd/; see also multi- comb. form. Pathology and Medicine.
= multinucleate adj.
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polynucleated1857
multinuclear1860
quadrinucleate1863
multinucleated1873
polynuclear1876
multinucleate1877
multinucleolar1882
uninuclear1882
uninucleate1885
trinucleate1887
mononucleated1890
polynucleate1894
polymorphonuclear1897
uninucleated1898
mononucleate1901
polymorphonucleate1904
polymorph1906
heterokaryotic1916
1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) xxv. 209 Another feature of the miliary nodules is that..large multinucleated masses of protoplasm..are frequently to be found associated with the lymph-like elements.
1891 Nature 17 Sept. 484 In apocytial fungi multinucleated masses of protoplasm..may conjugate.
1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) i. 19 Doubt was cast upon the cell theory when molds were found to be multinucleated filaments.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 297/2 The internal elastic lamina was disorganized and fragmented with a great many large multinucleated Langhans and foreign-body type giant cells.
1991 Lancet 2 Mar. 509/2 Muscle is a long-lived tissue, and muscle fibres are multinucleated syncytia of fused myoblasts.
1998 New Scientist 17 Jan. 32/1 These multinucleated cells pervade the soil, entwining and penetrating plant roots.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1873