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Enucleate

1. To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.

2. (Science: medicine) to remove without cutting (as a tumour).

3. To bring to light; to make clear.

Origin: L. Enucleatus, p. P. Of enucleare to enucleate; e out _ nucleus kernel. Remove the nucleus from (a cell).Remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover.Lacking a [[nucleus.