Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun enucleation

1 sense of enucleation

Sense 1
enucleation -- (surgical removal of something without cutting into it; "the enucleation of the tumor")
       => 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; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")