Enucleation \E*nu`cle*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]nucl['e]ation.] The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition. Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease. --Tooke.
enucleation n : surgical removal of something without cutting into it; "the enucleation of the tumor"