enucleate

verb

1. (transitive)To remove the nucleus from (a cell).
2. (transitive)To extract (an object) intact from an enclosed space
3. (archaic)To explain; to lay bare.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Enucleated, having no nucleus.

noun

1. A cell which has been enucleated

   “By 12 hours after enucleation, the rate of incorporation of 3H-labeled amino acids is severely reduced, and by 18 hours many enucleates no longer show detectable incorporation.”