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EXENTERATE

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ex⋅en⋅ter⋅ate

  [v. ek-sen-tuh-reyt; adj. ek-sen-ter-it] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to remove the contents of; disembowel; eviscerate.
–adjective
2. Surgery. eviscerate.
Origin:
1600–10; < L exenterātus (ptp. of exenterāre to disembowel), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + enter- (< Gk éntera entrails) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ex⋅en⋅ter⋅a⋅tion, noun
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ex·en·ter·ate   (ĭg-zěn'tə-rāt')   
tr.v.   ex·en·ter·at·ed, ex·en·ter·at·ing, ex·en·ter·ates

  1. To disembowel; eviscerate.

  2. Medicine To remove the contents of (an organ).


[Latin exenterāre, exenterāt-, to disembowel : ex-, ex- + Greek enteron, entrails; see en in Indo-European roots.]
ex·en'ter·a'tion n.
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