2. (Med.) To remove without cutting (as a tumor).
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3. To bring to light; to make clear. --Sclater (1654). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
enucleate — index comment, elucidate, enlighten, exemplify, explain, explicate, exposit, expound, resolve ( … Law dictionary
enucleate — [ē no͞o′klē āt΄, ēnyo͞o′klē āt΄; i no͞o′klē āt΄, inyo͞o′klē āt΄; ] for adj. [, ē no͞o′klēit, ē nyo͞o′ klēit, ē no͞o′klēāt΄, ē nyo͞o′klēāt΄] vt. enucleated, enucleating [< L enucleatus, pp. of enucleare, to remove kernels < e , out + nucleus … English World dictionary
enucleate — To remove entirely; to shell like a nut, as in the removal of an eye from its capsule or a tumor from its compressed surrounding tissue. * * * enu·cle·ate ( )ē n(y)ü klē .āt vt, at·ed; at·ing 1) to deprive of a nucleus 2) to remove without… … Medical dictionary
enucleate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin enucleatus, past participle of enucleare, literally, to remove the kernel from, from e + nucleus kernel more at nucleus Date: 1548 1. archaic explain 2. to deprive of a nucleus 3. to remove without… … New Collegiate Dictionary
enucleate cell — enucleate cell. См. безъядерная клетка. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
enucleate — v. [L. ex, out of; nucleus, kernel] 1. To remove an entire organ, etc. 2. To destroy or remove the nucleus of a cell … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
enucleate — enucleation, n. v. /i nooh klee ayt , i nyooh /; adj. /i nooh klee it, ayt , i nyooh /, v., enucleated, enucleating, adj. v.t. 1. Biol. to deprive of the nucleus. 2. to remove (a kernel, tumor, eyeball, etc.) from its enveloping cover. 3. Archaic … Universalium
enucleate — 1. verb a) To remove the nucleus from (a cell). b) To remove; especially, to remove or gouge out (an eyeball or tumor). 2. noun A cell which has been enucleated See Also: anucleate, denucleate … Wiktionary
enucleate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Archaic. To make understandable: construe, decipher, explain, explicate, expound, interpret, spell out. Idiom: put into plain English. See EXPLAIN … English dictionary for students
enucleate — e·nu·cle·ate || ɪ njuËklɪeɪt v. remove a nucleus (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
