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enucleate
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enucleate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb enucleate has 2 senses
- enucleate(v = verb.change) - remove the nucleus from (a cell); is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
- enucleate(v = verb.change) - remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover; is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
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Derived form noun enucleation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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.
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