exenteration
noun
- surgically removing contents of a body cavity
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/
noun
Etymology: From exenterate + -ion, possibly corresponding to a learned borrowing from Latin *exenterātiō, from exenterō (“to disembowel”).
- The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.
- 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.”