enucleate

e·nu·cle·ate

 (ĭ-no͞o′klē-āt′, ĭ-nyo͞o′-)

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. (-ĭt, -āt′) Biology

Lacking a nucleus.

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[Latin ēnucleāre, ēnucleāt-, to take out the kernel : ē-, ex-, ex- + nucleus, kernel; see nucleus.]

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e·nu′cle·a′tion n.

e·nu′cle·a′tor n.

enucleate

vb (tr)

1. (Biology) biology to remove the nucleus from (a cell)

2. (Surgery) surgery to remove (a tumour or other structure) from its capsule without rupturing it

3. archaic to explain or disclose

adj

(Biology) (of cells) deprived of their nuclei

[C16: from Latin ēnūcleāre to remove the kernel, from nūcleus kernel]

eˌnucleˈation n

e•nu•cle•ate

(v. ɪˈnu kliˌeɪt, ɪˈnyu-; adj. -ɪt, -ˌeɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj. v.t.

1. to deprive (a cell) of the nucleus.

2. to remove (a kernel, tumor, eyeball, etc.) from its enveloping cover.

3. Archaic. to bring out; disclose; explain.

adj.

4. having no nucleus.

[1540–50; < Latin ēnucleātus, past participle of ēnucleāre literally, to remove the pit from (fruit) =ē- e- + -nucleāre, derivative of nucleus; see nucleus]

e•nu`cle•a′tion, n.

enucleate

Past participle: enucleated
Gerund: enucleating

Imperative

enucleate

enucleate

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	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"

enucleate

verb

Archaic. To make understandable:

construe, decipher, explain, explicate, expound, interpret, spell out.

Idiom: put into plain English.

Translations

énucléer

e·nu·cle·ate

vt. enuclear;

extirpar un tumor sin causar ruptura;

destruir o separar el núcleo de una célula;

extirpar el globo ocular.