enucleation
/ɪˌnuːkliˈeɪʃən/
noun
- The surgical removal of an organ, tumor, or eyeball from its surrounding capsule or socket.
- The patient underwent enucleation of the eye after the injury was too severe to repair.
- Enucleation of the ovarian cyst was performed successfully without damaging healthy tissue.
- Veterinarians sometimes recommend enucleation for pets with painful, untreatable eye diseases.
- The removal of the nucleus from a cell, especially in scientific or medical contexts.
- The process of enucleation is a key step in cloning experiments.
- In the lab, enucleation of the egg cell allowed researchers to study the role of the nucleus.
- Scientists observed that enucleation caused the cell to lose its ability to divide.
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