polynuclear

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ nuclear.

Adjective

polynuclear (not comparable)

1. (biology) having multiple nuclei
2. (chemistry) polycyclic
   • 1962 June, “Talking of Trains: Diesel fumes in tunnels”, in Modern Railways, page 375:

     Special attention was paid to the presence of the polynuclear hydrocarbons suspected of influencing lung cancer, [...].

Synonyms

• multinuclear
• multinucleate
• polynucleate

Translations

having multiple nuclei

• Czech: polynukleární
• French: polynucléaire (fr)
• Ido: polinuklea (io)
• Italian: polinucleato (it)
• Spanish: polinuclear

See also

• polymorphonuclear (multiple lobes of single nucleus)
• syncytial (involving a multinuclear cell owing to combining of cells)