different between nucleate vs enucleate

English

Adjective

nucleate (comparative more nucleate, superlative most nucleate)

1. Having a nucleus; nucleated

Verb

nucleate (third-person singular simple present nucleates, present participle nucleating, simple past and past participle nucleated)

1. To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus.

Noun

nucleate (plural nucleates)

1. Any salt of a nucleic acid.

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

nucleate

1. feminine plural of nucleato

Latin

Pronunciation

n?cle?te

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nu.kle?a?.te/, [n?k??e?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.kle?a.te/, [nukl????t??]

n?cle?te

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nu?.kle?a?.te/, [nu?k??e?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.kle?a.te/, [nukl????t??]

Adjective

n??cle?te

1. vocative singular masculine of n??cle?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin enucleatus, from enucleare "to remove the kernel from", from e- + nucleus "kernel".

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /??nukli?e?t/, /??njukli?e?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /??nukli?t/, /??njukli?t/, /??nukli?e?t/, /??njukli?e?t/
• Rhymes: -?t, -e?t

Verb

enucleate (third-person singular simple present enucleates, present participle enucleating, simple past and past participle enucleated)

1. (transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell).
2. (transitive, medicine) To remove without cutting into it; especially, to remove or gouge out (an eyeball or tumor).
3. (archaic) To explain; to lay bare.

Derived terms

• enucleation

Translations

Adjective

enucleate (not comparable)

1. Enucleated, having no nucleus.

Noun

enucleate (plural enucleates)

1. (biology) A cell which has been enucleated

Related terms

• anucleate
• denucleate
• nucleate

Italian

Verb

enucleate

1. second-person plural present indicative of enucleare
2. second-person plural imperative of enucleare
3. feminine plural of enucleato