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exenteration.

The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.

12 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/
  1. The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From exenterate + -ion, possibly corresponding to a learned borrowing from Latin *exenterātiō, from exenterō (“to disembowel”).

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