mononucleate

Thân thiện

A single mononucleate cell is visible under the microscope.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having only one nucleus: Describes a cell that contains a single nucleus, as opposed to multinucleate cells which contain multiple nuclei. This is a biological and cytological term.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Muscle fibers can be either mononucleate or multinucleate.
  • A typical human liver cell is mononucleate.
  • The biologist observed the mononucleate structure under the microscope.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Medical Context: The term is primarily used in scientific writing, biology textbooks, and medical reports to describe cell morphology.
  • The pathology report indicated the presence of mononucleate inflammatory cells.

Variants and Related Words

• Mononuclear (adj): This is a more common synonym with the same meaning ("having one nucleus"). "Mononucleate" and "mononuclear" are often used interchangeably in scientific contexts.
• Uninucleate (adj): Another precise synonym meaning "having a single nucleus."
• Multinucleate (adj): The antonym, meaning having two or more nuclei.

Synonyms

• Uninucleate
• Mononuclear

Antonyms

• Multinucleate
• Polynucleate
• Binucleate (having two nuclei)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having only one nucleus

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mononuclear