What is "enucleation"

Enucleation \E*nu`cle*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]nucl['e]ation.] The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.

Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease.
--Tooke.

1640s, noun of action from verb enucleate (1540s), from Latin enucleatus "pure, clean," past participle of enucleare "to lay open, explain in detail," literally "to remove the kernel from" (see ex- + nucleus). Mostly figurative in Latin (the notion is of getting at the "core" of some matter), and usually figurative in English until mid-19c. advances in science and medicine gave it a new literal sense.

n. 1 (context surgery English) The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors. 2 (context microbiology English) The removal of the nuclear body of a cell.

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

As a general surgical technique, enucleation refers to the surgical removal of a mass without cutting into or dissecting it.

Enucleation in general refers to removing the nucleus of something. In particular, it may refer to:

Surgery:

• Enucleation (surgery) - as a general surgical technique
• Enucleation of the eye

It may also refer to:

• Enucleation (microbiology) - removing the nuclear body of cells, especially oocytes.
• Enucleation (podiatry) - Removing the core or "nucleus" of a hard corn, soft corn or seed corn (Heloma Duram/Molle/Millare)

In the context of microbiology, enucleation refers to removing the nuclear body of a cell.

Enucleation is the removal of a nucleus from its cell. This process is used in the cloning of organisms.