Enucleation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of enucleating, or removing a body (as a kernel, seed, tumor, the eyeball, etc.) from its cover, case, capsule, or other envelop.
  • noun. Figuratively, the act of explaining or making manifest; explanation; exposition.
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  • noun. The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.
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  • noun. The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors.
  • noun. The removal of the nuclear body of a cell.
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  • noun. surgical removal of something without cutting into it
    • Word Usage
    "Some 22 percent of the group had enucleation, which is the clinical term for eye removal."
    Hypernym
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    operation  surgery  surgical operation  surgical procedure  surgical process  
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    acclimatization  albinism  defilade  demobilisation  democratisation  
    Synonym
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    elucidation  exposition  
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