enucleate

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enucleate /ɪˈnjuːklɪeɪt/

▶verb

• 1 Biology remove the nucleus from (a cell).

• 2 surgically remove (an eyeball or other structure) from its surrounding capsule.

▶adjective Biology lacking a nucleus.

– derivatives
enucleation noun.

– origin C16 (in the sense ‘clarify, explain’): from L. enucleat-, enucleare ‘extract’.