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exenteration

noun

  1. surgically removing contents of a body cavity
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Pronunciation: /ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/

noun

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

  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.

    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.