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exenterate

exen·te·rate

UK/ɪɡˈzɛntəɹeɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

remove the contents of (an organ)

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin exenterātus, perfect passive participle of exenterō (“to disembowel”). First attested in 1607.

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