Enucleate Definition

ĭ-no͝oklē-āt, ĭ-nyo͝o-

enucleated, enucleates, enucleating

verb

To make clear; explain.

Webster's New World

To remove the nucleus from (a cell)

Webster's New World

To remove (a tumor, organ, etc.) as a whole from its enclosing sac.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

adjective

Enucleated.

Webster's New World

Lacking a nucleus.

American Heritage Medicine

noun

(biology) A cell which has been enucleated.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Enucleate

Singular:

enucleate

Plural:

Latin ēnucleāre ēnucleāt- to take out the kernel ē-, ex- ex- nucleus kernel nucleus

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From e- +‎ nucleus +‎ -ate

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