enucleate

enucleate
[ɪˈnjuːklɪeɪt]
verb
[with obj.]
  1. (Biology)remove the nucleus from (a cell)
    (生)去除(细胞的)核
  2. surgically remove (a tumour or gland, or the eyeball) intact from its surrounding capsule
    手术摘除(肿瘤,腺,眼球)
adjective
  1. (Biology)(of a cell) lacking a nucleus
    (生)(细胞)无核的
派生
enucleation
noun
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'clarify, explain'): from Latin enucleat- 'extracted, made clear', from the verb enucleare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + nucleus 'kernel' (see nucleus)
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