exenterate

[ verb ek-sen-tuh-reyt; adjective ek-sen-ter-it ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·en·ter·at·ed, ex·en·ter·at·ing.

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

adjective

1. Surgery. eviscerate.

exenterate

verb

1. surgery to remove (internal organs, an eyeball, etc); eviscerate
2. a rare word for disembowel

adjective

1. rare.
   having been disembowelled

Derived Forms

• exˌenterˈation, noun

Other Words From

• ex·enter·ation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of exenterate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of exenterate¹

C17: from Latin exenterāre, from ex- ¹+ Greek enteron intestine

Related Words

• decimate
• empty
• eviscerate
• loot
• ransack
• ravage