enucleate definition - Dictionary

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e·nu·cle·ate [ i nklee àyt ]

transitive verb (past and past participle e·nu·cle·at·ed, present participle e·nu·cle·at·ing, 3rd person present singular e·nu·cle·ates)

Definition:

1. cell biology take out nucleus: to remove the nucleus of a cell

2. surgery surgically remove something whole: to remove something surgically, e.g. a tumor, from its capsule while keeping it intact

adjective

Definition:

cell biology lacking nucleus: describes a cell without a nucleus

[Mid-16th century. < Latin enucleat-, past participle of enucleare "remove the pit from (olives, fruit)" < nucleus "kernel" (see nucleus)]

e·nu·cle·a·tion [ i nklee áysh'n ] noun