exenteration

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration.

Translations

Ausweidung

Ausnehmen

évidage

éviscération

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology

From Latin exenterare.

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