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🧬 To remove nucleus 🏥 To remove growth
to enucleate

to enucleate

9.9
To remove a growth or organ whole from the tissue around it
  • verb
  • /ɪˈnjuːklieɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : extirpar
  • Using delicate instruments, they carefully enucleated the cyst from the tissue.

Examples

  • The surgeon decided to enucleate the tumor rather than remove the entire organ.

  • After examining the patient's eye, the medical team opted to enucleate it due to severe trauma.

  • The surgeon will enucleate the tumor carefully.

  • Did the doctor enucleate the cyst successfully?

  • The surgeon decided to enucleate the tumor rather than remove the entire organ.

  • After examining the patient's eye, the medical team opted to enucleate it due to severe trauma.

  • Using delicate instruments, they carefully enucleated the cyst from the tissue.

Synonyms

to eliminate
vsto enucleate
  • NSFW
502 3.4

Remove or kill something completely so it is gone

is specific to surgically removing a growth from its surrounding covering
to resect
vsto enucleate
  • Specialized
6 9.5

To cut away part of an organ during surgery

involves removing a whole growth from its sac rather than cutting out part
to ablate
vsto enucleate
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Remove a part of the body by surgery or a medical treatment

focuses on freeing a growth from its surrounding sac rather than general removal
to extirpate
vsto enucleate
  • Specialized
9.9

To remove an organ or body tissue completely by surgery

is less radical and focuses on removing a growth from its sac intact

Antonyms

to enclose
84 3.7

Surround something completely, often with a wall or fence

Surface Forms

enucleate infinitive
enucleated past
enucleated past participle
enucleating present participle
enucleates third person singular

Morphology

enucleate = enucle (semi-transparent) = e + nucle + ate

The suffix '-ate' forms a verb from the base 'enucle', which is derived from 'nucleus'.

Etymology

Enucleate comes from Latin e- 'out of' plus nucleus 'kernel', giving the image of pulling a kernel from its covering. That's why in surgery to enucleate a tumor means to remove it from its 'sac' or cover while leaving the rest in place.