ENUCLEATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enucleation mean? 

• ENUCLEATION (noun)
  The noun ENUCLEATION has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of something without cutting into it

  Familiarity information: ENUCLEATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENUCLEATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical removal of something without cutting into it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the enucleation of the tumor

Hypernyms ("enucleation" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Derivation:

enucleate (remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover)

 Context examples 

Small tumors may be cured with enucleation.

(Odontogenic Myxofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Wide local resection is recommended for intraosseous neoplasms and enucleation for extraosseous neoplasms.

(Dentinogenic Ghost Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Small tumors may be successfully treated with enucleation.

(Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is treated with enucleation and curettage.

(Ameloblastic Fibrodentinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Local enucleation of the tumor is curative.

(Odontogenic Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is treated with enucleation.

(Calcifying Cystic Odontogenic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)