enucleation
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See also: énucléation
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
enucleation (countable and uncountable, plural enucleations)
- (surgery) The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors.
- (microbiology) The removal of the nuclear body of a cell.
- Explanation.
- 1957, Gerald Frank Else, Aristotle's Poetics: The Argument, page 162:
- Perhaps this enucleation of Aristotle's theory is enough, without further commentary.
Synonyms[edit]
(removal of an eye):