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Exenteration

//ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis) wordnet
  3. 3
    The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

From Latin exenterare.

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