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polynuclear

American  
[pol-ee-noo-klee-er, -nyoo-, -kyuh-ler] / ˌpɒl iˈnu kli ər, -ˈnyu-, -kyə lər /
Also polynucleate

adjective

  1. having many nuclei.


polynuclear British  
/ ˌpɒlɪˈnjuːklɪə /

adjective

  1. having many nuclei; multinuclear

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Pronunciation

See nuclear.

Etymology

Origin of polynuclear

First recorded in 1875–80; poly- + nuclear

Example Sentences

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Examination of dry specimens from the same case shewed, as Jolly expressly mentioned, that the blood contained, as leukæmic blood always does, polynuclear and mononuclear eosinophil cells.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

After this came the phase of increase of the white blood corpuscles; and here too exclusively of the polynuclear cells; the polynuclear leucocytosis.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

The increase of polynuclear cells occurring in infectious processes, often called inflammatory, after the principle "a potiori fit denominatio."

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

Thus the peculiarities of guinea-pig's blood, in which two kinds of polynuclear cells are recognisable, throw light upon the corresponding conditions in human blood.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

Amongst the vertebrates most investigated classes possess granulated polynuclear cells.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

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