[enu.cle.ate] vt -at.ed ; -at.ing [L enucleatus, pp. of enucleare, lit., to remove the kernel from, fr. e- + nucleus kernel--more at nucleus] (1548) 1 archaic: explain
2: to deprive of a nucleus
3: to remove without cutting into "~ a tumor" "~ the eyeball" -- enu.cle.ation n