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Surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis)
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exenteration
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context surgery English) The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit. 2 (context obsolete English) The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exenteration \Ex*en`ter*a"tion\, n. [LL. exenteratio.] Act of exenterating. [R.] [1913 Webster] ||
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis)
Usage examples of exenteration.
When she finally entered the hospital, surgeons had to do a pelvic exenteration on her, which meant they took everything out of the lower abdominal cavity and diverted her urine and fecal waste into bags through artificial holes in the abdomen.
How to keep the corps seven dayes from corruption by anointing and washing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choicest practise.