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Definition of Exenterate
1. Verb. Remove the contents of (an organ).
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Exenteration
Definition of Exenterate
1. v. t. To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes.
Definition of Exenterate
1. Verb. To disembowel; to eviscerate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exenterate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Exenterate
1. To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes. "Exenterated rule-mongers and eviscerated logicians." (Hare) Origin: L. Exenteratus, p.p. Of exenterare; cf. Gr.; out + intestine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exenterate
Literary usage of Exenterate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1880)
"Were it not for God's restraining grace, fear and shame, temporal punishment,
and their own infamy, they would Lycaon- like exenterate, as so many cannibals ..."
2. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1902)
"... we exenterate our notion of interaction, and it becomes a mere shell. As a
matter of fact we do not have to go far afield to discover that those who ..."
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