adjective
- having multiple nuclei within a single cell
Usage: biology; medical
Examples
- The muscle fiber is a multinuclear cell containing hundreds of nuclei.
- Multinuclear giant cells are often found in inflammatory tissue.
- The pathologist identified multinuclear cells in the biopsy sample.
- Osteoclasts are multinuclear cells responsible for bone resorption.
- The syncytium forms when cells fuse to create a multinuclear structure.
- Multinuclear hepatocytes can result from certain liver diseases.