uninucleate

Thân thiện

A single uninucleate cell is visible under the microscope.

Definition

Adjective: Having or containing a single nucleus within a cell.

Usage

This is a specialized biological term used to describe a cell's structure. It is primarily used in scientific writing, research papers, and academic contexts related to cell biology, microbiology, and histology.

Examples

• Most human muscle cells are uninucleate.
• The researcher observed the uninucleate stage of the parasite's life cycle under the microscope.
• In contrast to skeletal muscle fibers, which are multinucleate, cardiac muscle cells are typically uninucleate.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in comparative descriptions to contrast with multinucleate or binucleate cells.
• It can be part of compound adjectives in scientific descriptions, e.g., "uninucleate trophozoite" or "uninucleate condition."

Variants and Related Words

• Uninuclear: A less common variant with the same meaning.
• Mononucleate: A synonym, also meaning having a single nucleus.
• Multinucleate (adj.): Having multiple nuclei.
• Binucleate (adj.): Having two nuclei.
• Anucleate (adj.): Lacking a nucleus.

Synonyms

Mononucleate

Antonyms

Multinucleate, polynucleate, binucleate

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having one nucleus