Eye enucleation

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tr.v. e·nu·cle·at·ed, e·nu·cle·at·ing, e·nu·cle·ates

1. Medicine To remove (a tumor or eye, for example) whole from an enveloping cover or sac.

2. Biology To remove the nucleus of.

3. Archaic To explain; elucidate.

adj. Biology (-

t, -

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Lacking a nucleus.

[Latin nuclere, nuclet-, to take out the kernel : -, ex-, ex- + nucleus, kernel; see nucleus.]

e·nucle·ation n.

e·nucle·ator n.

enucleation

1. the process of extraction, as removing the kernel from a nut.
2. a process of clarification. Cf. exacination. — enucleator, n.

See also: Processes

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enucleation - surgical removal of something without cutting into it; "the enucleation of the tumor"

surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"

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13) Tsiodras et al treated a patient who had refused to undergo surgery, including eye enucleation.

Successful treatment of invasive Aspergillus sinusitis with ... by Chirch, Lisa; Roche, Patricia; Fuhrer, Jack / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

To determine sensory modalities that are crucial for spatial learning, we cut the olfactory tract to deprive the fish of olfactory senses or we performed eye enucleation to deprive them of visual senses.

Experimental analysis of spatial learning in goldfish by Saito, Kotaro; Watanabe, Shigeru / The Psychological Record

eye enucleation, amputation of body parts, breaking bones, etc.

Adolescents who self-injure: implications and strategies for school ... by Reynolds, Cynthia A. / Professional School Counseling

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