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NUCLEATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus

Example:

nucleated cells

Synonyms:

nucleate; nucleated

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Pertainym:

nucleus (a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form into a nucleus

Example:

Some cells had nucleated

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "nucleate" is one way to...):

become; turn (undergo a change or development)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

nucleus (a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction)

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 Context examples: 

A laboratory test result indicating the presence of nucleated red blood cells and immature leukocytes in the peripheral blood.

(Leukoerythroblastic Reaction, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in nucleating the formation of high order chromatin structures as a part of nucleosomes.

(Histone H4I, NCI Thesaurus)

ARP-2/3 is a complex of proteins localized at the leading edge of moving cells that nucleates the formation of new actin fibers and interacts with Wasp to stimulate migration.

(Cell Migration Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing hemoglobin whose function is to transport oxygen.

(Murine Erythrocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An immature, nucleated erythrocyte occupying the stage of erythropoiesis that follows formation of erythroid progenitor cells and precedes formation of reticulocytes.

(Erythroblast, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the ratio of nucleated erythrocytes compared to leukocytes present in a sample.

(Nucleated Erythrocyte to Leukocyte Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleated red blood cell that stains readily with basic dye.

(Basophilic Erythroblast, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of abnormally large nucleated erythroblasts in the bone marrow.

(Megaloblastoid Changes Present, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by: 1. the presence of blasts in the peripheral blood or bone marrow that are at least 20% of the peripheral blood white cells or of the nucleated cells in the bone marrow respectively, or 2. an extramedullary proliferation of blasts, and/or 3. when there are large aggregates and clusters of blasts in the bone marrow biopsy specimen (adapted from WHO, 2001).

(Blast Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, NCI Thesaurus)

Natural number unit for measurement of portion of a particular type of blood cells (such as any type of white blood cells or nucleated red blood cells) in the total white blood cell count expressed per count of 100.

(Per 100 White Blood Cells, NCI Thesaurus)