enucleate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ēnucleātus, from ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel from”), from ē- + nucleus (“kernel”). === Pronunciation === (verb) IPA(key): /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/ (adjective) IPA(key): /ɪˈnukliɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliɪt/, /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/ Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪt === Verb === enucleate (third-person singular simple present enucleates, present participle enucleating, simple past and past participle enucleated) (transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell). (transitive, medicine) To extract (an object) intact from an enclosed space (archaic) To explain; to lay bare. ==== Derived terms ==== enucleation self-enucleate ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === enucleate (not comparable) Enucleated, having no nucleus. === Noun === enucleate (plural enucleates) (biology) A cell which has been enucleated === Related terms === anucleate denucleate nucleate == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== enucleate inflection of enucleare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== enucleate f pl feminine plural of enucleato == Latin == === Etymology === ēnucleātus (“pure, plain”) +‎ -ē === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.nʊ.kɫeˈaː.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.nu.kleˈaː.te] === Adverb === ēnucleātē (not comparable) plainly, in an unadorned manner === References === “enucleate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “enucleate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers