enucleate

[verb ih-noo-klee-eyt, ih-nyoo-; adjective ih-noo-klee-it, -eyt, ih-nyoo-]

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verb (used with object), e·nu·cle·at·ed, e·nu·cle·at·ing.

Biology. to deprive of the nucleus.
to remove (a kernel, tumor, eyeball, etc.) from its enveloping cover.
Archaic. to bring out; disclose; explain.

adjective

having no nucleus.

Origin of enucleate

1540–50; < Latin ēnucleātus (past participle of ēnucleāre to remove the pit from (fruit)), equivalent to ē- e-¹ + nucle(us) nucleus + -ātus -ate¹

Related formse·nu·cle·a·tion, noun

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Related Words for enucleate

expound, elucidate, amplify, untangle, exemplify, delineate, explain, express, clarify, explicate, illustrate, develop, dilate, expatiate, unfold, demonstrate, construe, interpret, enucleate, comment

Examples from the Web for enucleate

Historical Examples of enucleate

Associated words: enucleate, enucleation, exacinate, exacination.
Putnam's Word Book
Louis A. Flemming
Associated words: scleroid, enucleate, enucleation, inenucleable.
Putnam's Word Book
Louis A. Flemming
In the present imperfect state of knowledge it may be impossible to enucleate miracle, however defined, of all mystery.
Miracles and Supernatural Religion
James Morris Whiton
I suspect that this error must at first have arisen from some confusion between to eliminate and to enucleate.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive
John Stuart Mill
Under these circumstances it is better to leave it alone, or, if it be causing signs of irritation, to enucleate the eye.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for enucleate

enucleate

verb (ɪˈnjuːklɪˌeɪt) (tr)

biology to remove the nucleus from (a cell)
surgery to remove (a tumour or other structure) from its capsule without rupturing it
archaic to explain or disclose

adjective (ɪˈnjuːklɪɪt, -ˌeɪt)

(of cells) deprived of their nuclei

Derived Formsenucleation, noun

Word Origin for enucleate

C16: from Latin ēnūcleāre to remove the kernel, from nūcleus kernel

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enucleate in Medicine

enucleate

[ĭ-nōō′klē-āt′]

To remove something, such as a tumor or an eye, whole and without rupture from an enveloping cover or sac.
To remove the nucleus of a cell.

adj.

Lacking a nucleus.

Related formse•nu′cle•a′tion n.