ENUCLEATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of something without cutting into it

Example:

the enucleation of the tumor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("enucleation" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Derivation:

enucleate (remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover)

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