anucleate, a. Biol.
(eɪˈnjuːklɪeɪt)
[f. a- 14 + nucleate a.]
Of a cell or cell fragment: having no nucleus.
| 1909 in Webster. 1953 Internat. Rev. Cytol. II. 477 The nucleus lies within the rhizoid. Thus, cutting off the rhizoid produces anucleate parts. 1963 Exper. Cell Res. XXXII. 168 The most interesting..result is the fact that anucleate halves respond to parthenogenetic activation in essentially the same way as whole eggs or nucleate halves. 1977 Jrnl. Protozool. XXIV. 24/2 In this section we will review some data, unfortunately scarce, concerning the regulatory possibilities of anucleate fragments. 1979 Sci. Amer. June 29/2 The anucleate mammalian red blood cell is the only well-known exception. |