enucleation
Pronunciation: ē-nū′klē-ā′shŭn
Definition:
- Removal of an entire structure (such as an eyeball or tumor), without rupture, as one shells the kernel of a nut.
- Removal or destruction of the nucleus of a cell.
[L. enucleo, to remove the kernel, fr. e, out, + nucleus, nut, kernel]
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