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Enucleate

Enucleate Meaning & Definition
Enucleate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Enucleate?

[v] medicine:remove from an enveloping sac or cover; as of a tumor or an eye
[v] biology: remove the nucleus from (a cell)

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See Also | remove | take | take away | withdraw

Enucleate In Webster's Dictionary

\E*nu"cle*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enucleated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enucleating}.] [L. enucleatus, p. p. of enucleare to enucleate; e out + nucleus kernel.] 1. To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell. 2. (Med.) To remove without cutting (as a tumor). 3. To bring to light; to make clear. --Sclater (1654).

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