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e⋅nu⋅cle⋅ate

  [v. i-noo-klee-eyt, i-nyoo-; adj. i-noo-klee-it, -eyt, i-nyoo-] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. Biology. to deprive of the nucleus.
2. to remove (a kernel, tumor, eyeball, etc.) from its enveloping cover.
3. Archaic. to bring out; disclose; explain.
–adjective
4. having no nucleus.
Origin:
1540–50; < L ēnucleātus (ptp. of ēnucleāre to remove the pit from (fruit)), equiv. to ē- e- + nucle(us) nucleus + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
e⋅nu⋅cle⋅a⋅tion, noun
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e·nu·cle·ate   (ĭ-nōō'klē-āt', ĭ-nyōō'-)   
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 (-ĭt, -āt')
Lacking a nucleus.

[Latin ēnucleāre, ēnucleāt-, to take out the kernel : ē-, ex-, ex- + nucleus, kernel; see nucleus.]
e·nu'cle·a'tion n., e·nu'cle·a'tor n.
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Main Entry: 1enu·cle·ate
Pronunciation: (')E-'n(y)ü-klE-"At
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed;-at·ing
1 : to deprive of a nucleus
2 : to remove without cutting into <enucleate a tumor> <enucleate the eyeball> —enu·cle·ation /(")E-"n(y)ü-klE-'A-sh&n/ noun —enu·cle·a·tor /(')E-'n(y)ü-klE-"At-&r/ noun

Main Entry: 2enu·cle·ate
Pronunciation: -klE-&t, -"At
Function: adjective
: lacking a nucleus <enucleate cells>
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enucleate e·nu·cle·ate (ĭ-n&oomacr;'klē-āt', ĭ-ny&oomacr;'-)
v. e·nu·cle·at·ed, e·nu·cle·at·ing, e·nu·cle·ates

  1. To remove something, such as a tumor or an eye, whole and without rupture from an enveloping cover or sac.

  2. To remove the nucleus of a cell.

adj. (-ĭt, -āt')
Lacking a nucleus.
e·nu'cle·a'tion n.

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