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"