e·nu·cle·ate ( -n  kl - 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·nu cle·ation n.e·nu cle·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
2. a process of clarification. Cf. exacination. — enucleator, n.
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| Noun | 1. | 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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