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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. surgical removal of something without cutting into it;
- Example: "the enucleation of the tumor"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Enucleation \E*nu`cle*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]nucl['e]ation.] The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition. [1913 Webster] Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease. --Tooke. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

enucleation n 1: surgical removal of something without cutting into it; "the enucleation of the tumor"