Exenteration

Pronunciation

• IPA: /É›ksÉ›ntəˈɹeɪʃən/

Origin

From Latin exenterare.

Full definition of exenteration

Noun

1. (surgery) The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.
2. (obsolete) The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration.
• 1658. Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin 2005, p. 27: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.