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exenteration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • How to keep the corps seven dayes from corruption by anointing and washing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choisest practise. 1658. Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin 2005, p. 27

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Translations (2)

ru экзентерация (The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit) · pl egzenteracja (The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit)