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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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embryology

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(45) The definition of enucleate is "to deprive of a nucleus." WEBSTER'S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY 759 (3d ed.

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