exenteration

== English == === Etymology === From exenterate +‎ -ion, possibly corresponding to a Latin *exenterātiō, from exenterō (“to disembowel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/ === Noun === exenteration (countable and uncountable, plural exenterations) (surgery) The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit. (obsolete) The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration. 1658. Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin 2005, p. 27: How to keep the corps seven dayes from corruption by anointing and washing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choisest practise. ==== Translations ====