Enucleation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enucleation \E*nu`cle*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]nucl['e]ation.]
     The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to
           contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease.


                                                    --Tooke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enucleation
       n : surgical removal of something without cutting into it; "the
           enucleation of the tumor"