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exenteration

exen·te·ra·tion

UK/ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis)

Origin

From exenterate + -ion, possibly corresponding to a learned borrowing from Latin *exenterātiō, from exenterō (“to disembowel”).

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