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enucleate
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enucleate [ē′nü·klē‚āt]
(cell and molecular biology)
To remove the nucleus from a cell.
(medicine)
To remove an organ or a tumor in its entirety, as an eye from its socket.
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Four children had ocular prostheses (three bilateral and one unilateral) following enucleation bulbi, with one bilateral enucleation bulbi resulting from a war-related injury.
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Following enucleation, eyeballs were fixed with 2% paraformal-dehyde and 2% glutaraldehyde in 0.
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When an enucleation is not required, but instead the inner eye is removed during a surgery called an evisceration, the white of the eye, or sclera, is left in tact.
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