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e·nu·cle·ate
[v. ih-noo-klee-eyt, ih-nyoo-; adj. ih-noo-klee-it, -eyt, ih-nyoo-] verb, e·nu·cle·at·ed, e·nu·cle·at·ing, adjective 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.
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| enucleate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | biology to remove the nucleus from (a cell) |
| 2. | surgery to remove (a tumour or other structure) from its capsule without rupturing it |
| 3. | archaic to explain or disclose |
| —adj | |
| 4. | (of cells) deprived of their nuclei |
| [C16: from Latin ēnūcleāre to remove the kernel, from nūcleus kernel] | |
| enucle'ation | |
| —n | |
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enucleation
1640s, from verb enucleate (1540s), from L. enucleat-, pp. stem of enucleare to remove the nucleus of (see nucleus). Literary and figurative in Latin; until modern science usually figurative in English.
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