multinuclear
adjective
biologyspecialized(alsomulti-nuclear)uk/ˌmʌl.tiˈnjuː.kli.ər/us/ˌmʌl.tiˈnuː.kliː.ɚ//ˌmʌl.taɪˈnuː.kliː.ɚ/(of acell) having more than onenucleus(= thepartof acellthatcontrolsitsgrowth):
It sometimesassumestheformof a multinucleargiantcellwith two to threenuclei.
Synonyms
multinucleate
multinucleated
- Thisresultsin theformationof asinglehypertrophied multinuclearcellcomplex.
- Theoccurrenceof multinuclearfollicleshas also beenreportedin othermammals.
- Theinnercystwallislocatedintracellularly within alargemultinuclearhostcell.
- Somespeciesareobservedtoformswarmsthatfusetoformasinglemultinuclearcellduringfeeding.
Cells
- anaphase
- anti-platelet
- assort
- biotech
- bipolar
- erythrocyte
- germ cell
- haemoglobin
- histography
- homologous chromosomes
- infiltration
- intercellular
- intermitotic
- meiosis
- mitosis
- protoplasmic
- ribosomal
- ribosome
- sensory neuron
- sickle cell