exenteration
(noun) surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
exenteration (countable and uncountable, plural exenterations)
(surgery) The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.
(obsolete) The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*en`ter*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. exenteratio.]
Definition: Act of exenterating. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 June 2025
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
