enucleate
Take the core
Enucleate means to remove whole, like extracting a kernel from its shell.
In surgery, to enucleate is to remove an organ or tumor intact without cutting into it: The surgeon enucleated the eye.
In biology, enucleate describes a cell that has had its nucleus removed or lacks one entirely: enucleate red blood cells.
The verb emphasizes clean, complete extraction.
Take something away
Cutting out of tissue
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- removalAct of taking away
- extirpationComplete destruction or removal
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
scalpel · incision · suture · anesthesia · surgeon · biopsy · hemostasis · ligature
To make understood
- explicateClarify through detailed analysis
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- demystifyExplain something confusing
- explainMake something understood
define · interpret · unravel · expose · reveal · kernel · essence · crux
Basic unit of life
- cytoplasmGel surrounding the nucleus
- micromanipulationPrecision work at microscopic scale
- pipetteGraduated liquid transfer tube
- oocyteUndeveloped female gamete
Organ of sight
- orbitCurved celestial path
- ocularOf the organ of sight
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- eviscerationRemoving internal organs
ophthalmology · ophthalmologist · socket · implant · globe · orbital · sclera · optic
remove
Take something away
shell · pit · seed · kernel · core · hull · husk · dehusk · stone · decorticate
excision
Cutting out of tissue
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- removalAct of taking away
- extirpationComplete destruction or removal
dissection · scalpel · incision · suture · anesthesia · surgeon · biopsy · hemostasis · ligature · forceps
elucidate
To make understood
- explicateClarify through detailed analysis
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- demystifyExplain something confusing
explain · define · interpret · unravel · expose · reveal · kernel · essence · crux · gist
cell
Basic unit of life
- cytoplasmGel surrounding the nucleus
- micromanipulationPrecision work at microscopic scale
- pipetteGraduated liquid transfer tube
eyeball
Organ of sight
- orbitCurved celestial path
- ocularOf the organ of sight
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
evisceration · ophthalmology · ophthalmologist · socket · implant · globe · orbital · sclera · optic · melanoma
enucleatedebulk
Surgically remove tumor volume
biopsy · incise · fenestrate