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English
Etymology
From poly- + nuclear.
Adjective
polynuclear (not comparable)
- (biology) having multiple nuclei
- (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, [...].
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