Verb: enucleate i'n(y)oo-klee,eyt
- (biology) remove the nucleus from (a cell)
"Scientists enucleated the egg cell before performing the cloning experiment"
- (surgery) remove (a tumour or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover
"The ophthalmologist had to enucleate the severely damaged eye"
Derived forms: enucleated, enucleates, enucleating