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EXENTERATION
exenteration
(noun) surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
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
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CLEAN
(adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; “he landed a clean left on his opponent’s cheek”; “a clean throw”; “the neat exactness of the surgeon’s knife”
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