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anucleate

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[ay-noo-klee-it, ay-nyoo-] / eɪˈnu kli ɪt, eɪˈnju- /
Also anucleated

adjective

Cell Biology.
  1. having no nucleus.


Etymology

Origin of anucleate

a- 6 + nucleate


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In anucleate cells there is probably only a single process of layer formation round an infinitely small nucleolus.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

He found that if the similar anucleate "polar lobe" of this form is removed at the two-celled stage, deficient larvæ are formed, in which the post-trochal region and the apical organ are absent.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

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