enucleate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: e=nu=cle=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

enucleate, v. t. [L. enucleatus, p. p. of enucleare to enucleate; e out + nucleus kernel.].

•  To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.  [1913 Webster]
•  To remove without cutting (as a tumor).  [1913 Webster]
•  To bring to light; to make clear.  Sclater (1654).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

enucleate, v.tr. Surgery extract (a tumour etc.).

Derivative

enucleation n.

Etymology

L enucleare (as E-, NUCLEUS)

ROGET THESAURUS

enucleate

Interpretation

VB interpret, explain, define, construe, translate, render, do into, turn into, transfuse the sense of, find out, 1 the meaning of, read, spell out, make out, decipher, unravel, disentangle, find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve, read between the lines, account for, find the cause, tell the cause of, throw light upon, shed light upon, shed new light upon, shed fresh light upon, clear up, clarify, elucidate, illustrate, exemplify, unfold, expound, comment upon, annotate, popularize, take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense, understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand.