multinucleate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English nucleate
English multinucleate

    From multi- + nucleate.

    Adjective

    multinucleate (not comparable)

    1. (biology) having more than one nucleus; multinuclear

    Noun

    multinucleate (plural multinucleates)

    1. A multinucleated cell

    Synonyms

    See also

    Latin

    Adjective

    multinucleāte

    1. vocative masculine singular of multinucleātus
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