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enucleate
[ verb ih-noo-klee-eyt, ih-nyoo-; adjective ih-noo-klee-it, -eyt, ih-nyoo- ]
verb (used with object)
, e·nu·cle·at·ed, e·nu·cle·at·ing.
- Biology. to deprive of the nucleus.
- to remove (a kernel, tumor, eyeball, etc.) from its enveloping cover.
- Archaic. to bring out; disclose; explain.
adjective
- having no nucleus.
enucleate
verb
- biology to remove the nucleus from (a cell)
- surgery to remove (a tumour or other structure) from its capsule without rupturing it
- archaic.to explain or disclose
adjective
- (of cells) deprived of their nuclei
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Derived Forms
- eˌnucleˈation, noun
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Other Words From
- e·nu·cle·a·tion [ih-noo-klee-, ey, -sh, uh, n, -nyoo-] noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enucleate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enucleate1
C16: from Latin ēnūcleāre to remove the kernel, from nūcleus kernel
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Example Sentences
Enucleate, en-ū′kle-āt, v.t. to lay bare, explain: to extract.—n.
From Project Gutenberg
"She said if it were her child, she would just enucleate."
From Seattle Times
I suspect that this error must at first have arisen from some confusion between to eliminate and to enucleate.
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But with the light of the New Testament and of modern science, we ought to be able to enucleate the true spiritual idea from such descriptions.
From Project Gutenberg
Either operation exposes the gland so that the surgeon can enucleate it with his fingernail or blunt scissors.
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