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Definition of Evisceration
1. Noun. Surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient.
2. Noun. The act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude.
3. Noun. Altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value. "The adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"
Generic synonyms: Devaluation
Definition of Evisceration
1. a. A disemboweling.
Definition of Evisceration
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Medical Definition of Evisceration
1. Synonym: exenteration. 2. Removal of the contents of the eyeball, leaving the sclera and sometimes the cornea. Synonym: eventration. Origin: L. Eviscero, to disembowel (05 Mar 2000)
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