enucleate (redirected from enucleations)

e·nu·cle·ate (-nkl-t)

v.

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. (-t, -t)

Lacking a nucleus.

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e·nucle·ation n.

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enucleate [e-noo´kle-āt]

to remove whole and clean, as the eye from its socket.

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enucleate (enoo´klēāt),

v to remove a lesion in its entirety.

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enucleate

to remove whole and clean, as the eye from its socket.