tr.v. e·nu·cle·at·ed, e·nu·cle·at·ing, e·nu·cle·ates 1. Medicine To remove (a tumor or eye, for example) whole from an enveloping cover or sac. 2. Biology To remove the nucleus of. 3. Archaic To explain; elucidate. adj. (-ĭt, -āt′) Biology Lacking a nucleus. [Latin ēnucleāre, ēnucleāt-, to take out the kernel : ē-, ex-, ex- + nucleus, kernel; see NUCLEUS.] e·nu′cle·ation n. e·nucle·a′tor n. |
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