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Word: Enucleate
Speech Type: Verb
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘clarify, explain’): from Latin enucleat- ‘extracted, made clear’, from the verb enucleare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + nucleus ‘kernel’ (see nucleus)
ɪˈnjuːklɪeɪt
remove the nucleus from (a cell)
Short Definition:remove nucleus from
Examples:- replication will occur in enucleated cells
surgically remove (a tumour or gland, or the eyeball) intact from its surrounding capsule
Short Definition:surgically remove tumour or gland, or eyeball intact from its surrounding capsule
Examples:- when an eyeball is enucleated, as much of the optic nerve as possible should be removed
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