enucleation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun surgical removal of something without cutting into it
    • the enucleation of the tumor

WordNet

E*nu`cle*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. énucléation.
Definitions
  1. The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.
    Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease. Tooke.

Webster 1913