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enucleate

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e·nu·cle·ate  (-nkl-t, -ny-)
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, -t)
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.
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Verb1.enucleate - remove the nucleus from (a cell)
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
2.enucleate - remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover
surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"


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