adjective
- lacking a nucleus; without a nucleus
Usage: biology; technical
Examples
- Red blood cells in mammals are anucleate, which allows them to carry more hemoglobin.
- The anucleate cytoplasm continued to function briefly after the nucleus was removed.
- Scientists studied how anucleate cells could still perform basic metabolic functions.
- Mature mammalian erythrocytes are anucleate cells that lack DNA.
- The anucleate condition of these cells makes them unable to divide or repair themselves.