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Definition of Exenteration

1. Noun. Surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis).

Definition of Exenteration

1. n. Act of exenterating.

Definition of Exenteration

1. Noun. (surgery) The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exenteration

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Medical Definition of Exenteration

1. Removal of internal organs and tissues, usually radical removal of the contents of a body cavity. Synonym: evisceration. Origin: G. Ex, out, + enteron, bowel (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Exenteration

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"exenteration OR EVISCERATION. OF THE By this is meant the opening of the thorax or abdomen, or of both, and the removal of their contents. Indications. ..."

2. Ophthalmology and Ophthalmoscopy: For Practitioners and Students of Medicine by Hermann Schmidt-Rimpler, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1889)
"exenteration. Since Bonnet's time, enucleation has replaced the extirpation formerly in vogue. In the latter, the globe with the adherent parts, ..."

3. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1887)
"exenteration, or its more elaborate modification proposed l>y Mules, has, to a large extent, supplanted enucleation as a prophylactic against sympathetic ..."

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