adjective
- lacking a nucleus; having had the nucleus removed or absent
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- Red blood cells in mammals are anucleated, which allows them to carry more hemoglobin.
- The scientist prepared anucleated egg cells for the cloning experiment.
- Anucleated cells cannot perform DNA replication or protein synthesis.
- The anucleated cytoplasm retained some metabolic activity for several hours.
- Mature mammalian erythrocytes are anucleated cells that lack organelles.