Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
enucleation procedure
Definitions related to enucleation procedure:
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(enucleation) A surgical procedure by which tissue or an organ (usually containing a tumor) is removed without rupture from a specific anatomic site.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(enucleation) In medicine, the removal of an organ or tumor in such a way that it comes out clean and whole, like a nut from its shell.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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