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exenterate

American  
[ek-sen-tuh-reyt, ek-sen-ter-it] / ɛkˈsɛn təˌreɪt, ɛkˈsɛn tər ɪt /

verb (used with object)

exenterated, exenterating

  1. to remove the contents of; disembowel; eviscerate.

adjective

  1. Surgery. eviscerate.

exenterate British  

verb

  1. surgery to remove (internal organs, an eyeball, etc); eviscerate

  2. a rare word for disembowel

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adjective

  1. rare having been disembowelled

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Other Word Forms

  • exenteration noun

Etymology

Origin of exenterate

1600–10; < Latin exenterātus (past participle of exenterāre to disembowel), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + enter- (< Greek éntera entrails) + -ātus -ate 1

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Exenterate, eks-en′tėr-āt, v.t. to disembowel.—p.adj. disembowelled.—n.

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