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Evisceration

Evisceration \E*vis`cer*a"tion\, a. A disemboweling.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
evisceration

1620s, noun of action from eviscerate.

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evisceration

n. 1 A disemboweling; the removal of viscera 2 A vigorous verbal assault

WordNet
evisceration
  1. n. surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient

  2. the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude [syn: disembowelment]

  3. altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value; "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"

Wikipedia
Evisceration (ophthalmology)

An evisceration is the removal of the eye's contents, leaving the scleral shell and extraocular muscles intact. The procedure is usually performed to reduce pain or improve cosmesis in a blind eye, as in cases of endophthalmitis unresponsive to antibiotics. An ocular prosthetic can be fitted over the eviscerated eye in order to improve cosmesis.

Either general or local anesthetics may be used during eviscerations, with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory agents injected intravenously.

Evisceration

Evisceration is the removal of viscera (internal organs, especially those in the abdominal cavity). This can refer to:

  • Disembowelment, removal of the internal organs of an animal.
  • Evisceration (autotomy), ejection of viscera as a defensive action by an animal.
  • Evisceration (ophthalmology), removing the internal material from the eye.
  • Pelvic evisceration
  • Eviscerated (band), Dutch death metal band.
  • Evisceration Plague, an album by North American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, or a song on the album.
Evisceration (autotomy)

Evisceration is a method of autotomy involving the ejection of internal organs used by animals as a defensive strategy. Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) eject parts of the gut in order to scare and defend against potential predators such as crabs and fish. The organs are regenerated in a few days by cells in the interior of the sea cucumber.

Usage examples of "evisceration".

Yet his unexpected evisceration was destined to enable the greatest menace to the health of the United States since the swine flu to flourish in the very temple Gregory Green Gideon had consecrated to saving America from dietary perdition.

In world myth and folklore, many images are seen: a woman weaving, stands of laurel trees, an elephant jumping off a cliff, a girl with a basket on her back, a rabbit, the lunar intestines spilled out on its surface after evisceration by an irritable flightless bird, a woman pounding tapa cloth, a four-eyed jaguar.

In fact, Scop leaned forward, thrust out his hands in a rigid, militaristic gesture to do just that, to begin the slaughter and evisceration of Robert Kennedy.

She had been thirty-six hours in parturition, and by evisceration and craniotomy was delivered of a child weighing 16 pounds.

American metropolis of the predynastic epoch his thoughts are cluttered with images of the gallows and electricity, slow evisceration and constant pain.

Chris knew from commissary gossip that a lot of the eviscerations, amputations, decapitations, and defenestrations in these monster adventures were not special effects and had nothing to do with stunt men.

The stink of evisceration hit Joe hard enough to knock him to the edge of an anxiety attack: the familiar sense of falling, falling as from a great height.

In fact, Scop leaned forward, thrust out his hands in a rigid, militaristic gesture to do just that, to begin the slaughter and evisceration of Robert Kennedy.