EXENTERATE

exenterate

(verb) remove the contents of (an organ)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

exenterate (third-person singular simple present exenterates, present participle exenterating, simple past and past participle exenterated)

(transitive) To disembowel; to eviscerate.

Synonyms

• eviscerate

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*en"ter*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. exenteratus, p.p. of exenterare; cf. Gr.

Definition: To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes. [R.] Exenterated rule-mongers and eviscerated logicians. Hare.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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