n. an act of self-mutilation, whereby an individual excises an organ or tumor from his or her own body. For example, when a person with a psychotic disorder removes an eyeball or prizes off a fingernail (see enucleation). Also known as self-enucleation.
AUTOENUCLEATION: “The person was in a psychotic episode when he or she committed an act of autoenucleation, and removed his or her own finger.”