English Explanatory Dictionary

exenteration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.
  2. The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration.

Pronunciation

/ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/

Word forms

exenteration exenterations

Etymology

From exenterate + -ion, possibly corresponding to a learned borrowing from Latin *exenterātiō, from exenterō (“to disembowel”).

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