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enucleate

enuc·leate

UK/ɪˈnukliɪt/ US/ɪˈnjukliɪt/ uncommon archaic

verb

1.

remove the nucleus from (a cell)

2.

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

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ēnucleātus, from ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel from”), from ē- + nucleus (“kernel”).

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