anucleated, a. Biol.
(eɪˈnjuːklɪeɪtɪd)
[f. a- 14 + nucleate a. + -ed1, after enucleated ppl.a.]
= *anucleate a.
| 1961 in Webster. 1962 D. G. Cogan in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism Rel. Cataract 292 The process of lens fibre formation is analogous to keratinization in the skin where the superficial epithelial cells transmute into anucleated, acidophilic, laminated fibres. 1990 EMBO Jrnl. IX. 4029/1 A small fraction of the cell population might be anucleated. |