enucleation

Taking the core

Enucleation is the surgical removal of something whole, without cutting into it.

The term most commonly refers to removing an eyeball while leaving the surrounding muscles and tissue intact, or to extracting a tumor or cyst from its capsule.

In biology, enucleation can also mean removing the nucleus from a cell.

The patient underwent enucleation after the tumor could not be treated by other means.

surgical

excision

Cutting out of tissue

resectionSurgical tissue removal
dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
extirpationComplete destruction or removal

ablation · removal · extraction · hemostasis · incision · scalpel · forceps · specimen · sterile · suture

ocular

eye

Organ of sight

orbitCurved celestial path
prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
orbitalRevolving around another

ophthalmology · ophthalmologist · ocular · melanoma · evisceration · socket · implant · conformer · blind · sightless

nuclear

shelling

Sustained artillery attack

hullingRemoving outer covering
kernelSeed or essential core
seedEmbryonic plant capsule

cell · cytoplasm · membrane · prostate · fibroid · myomectomy

tumor

neoplasm

Abnormal tissue mass

adenomaBenign epithelial tumor
cystFluid-filled tissue sac
fibroidBenign uterine tumor

lesion · mass · nodule · benign · malignant · pathology · biopsy · oncology · capsule · encapsulated

enucleation

excision

eye

shelling

neoplasm

enucleation

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