eviscerate
[ verb ih-vis-uh-reyt; adjective ih-vis-er-it, -uh-reyt ]
/ verb ɪˈvɪs əˌreɪt; adjective ɪˈvɪs ər ɪt, -əˌreɪt /
verb (used with object), e·vis·cer·at·ed, e·vis·cer·at·ing.
to remove the entrails from; disembowel: to eviscerate a chicken.
to deprive of vital or essential parts: The censors eviscerated the book to make it inoffensive to the leaders of the party.
Surgery.
to remove the contents of (a body organ).
Origin of eviscerate
OTHER WORDS FROM eviscerate
e·vis·cer·a·tion, noun e·vis·cer·a·tor, noun un·e·vis·cer·at·ed, adjectiveWords nearby eviscerate
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British Dictionary definitions for evisceration
eviscerate
/ (ɪˈvɪsəˌreɪt) /
verb
(tr)
to remove the internal organs of; disembowel
(tr)
to deprive of meaning or significance
(tr) surgery
to remove the contents of (the eyeball or other organ)
(intr) surgery
(of the viscera) to protrude through a weakened abdominal incision after an operation
adjective
having been disembowelled
Derived forms of eviscerate
evisceration, noun eviscerator, nounWord Origin for eviscerate
C17: from Latin
ēviscerāre to disembowel, from
viscera entrails
Medical definitions for evisceration
evisceration
[ ĭ-vĭs′ə-rā′shən ]
n.
Removal of the contents of the eyeball, leaving the sclera and sometimes the cornea.
exenteration
Protrusion of the abdominal viscera, as through a defect created by wound dehiscence.