ENUCLEATION

enucleation

(noun) surgical removal of something without cutting into it; “the enucleation of the tumor”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

enucleation (countable and uncountable, plural enucleations)

(surgery) The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors.

(microbiology) The removal of the nuclear body of a cell.

Explanation.

Source: Wiktionary


E*nu`cle*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. énucléation.]

Definition: The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition. Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease. Tooke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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