ENUCLEATE

enucleate

(verb) remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover

enucleate

(verb) remove the nucleus from (a cell)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

enucleate (third-person singular simple present enucleates, present participle enucleating, simple past and past participle enucleated)

(transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell).

(transitive, medicine) To remove without cutting into it; especially, to remove or gouge out (an eyeball or tumor).

(archaic) To explain; to lay bare.

Adjective

enucleate (not comparable)

Enucleated, having no nucleus.

Noun

enucleate (plural enucleates)

(biology) A cell which has been enucleated

Source: Wiktionary


E*nu"cle*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enucleated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enucleating.] Etym: [L. enucleatus, p. p. of enucleare to enucleate; e out + nucleus kernel.]

1. To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.

2. (Med.)

Definition: To remove without cutting (as a tumor).

3. To bring to light; to make clear. Sclater (1654).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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