Definition of "enucleation" [e•nu•cle•a•tion]

• The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors. (noun)
• The removal of the nuclear body of a cell. (noun)

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• "Some 22 percent of the group had enucleation, which is the clinical term for eye removal."
• "The result is that the people in Stezaker's collages seem to suffer a variety of austerely rendered optical afflictions, from a squint or strabismus to full enucleation: in the series Blind, the eyeballs have been razored out along a straight line and the edges of the photograph brought together again."
• "A decade ago, treatment options included enucleation (removal of the involved eye) or radiation."