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eviscerator

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e⋅vis⋅cer⋅ate

  [v. i-vis-uh-reyt; adj. i-vis-er-it, -uh-reyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to remove the entrails from; disembowel: to eviscerate a chicken.
2. to deprive of vital or essential parts: The censors eviscerated the book to make it inoffensive to the leaders of the party.
3. Surgery. to remove the contents of (a body organ).
Origin:
1600–10; < L ēviscerātus, ptp. of ēviscerāre to deprive of entrails, tear to pieces, equiv. to ē- e- + viscer(a) viscera + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
e⋅vis⋅cer⋅a⋅tion, noun
e⋅vis⋅cer⋅a⋅tor, noun
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Word Origin & History

eviscerate 
1607, from L. evisceratus, pp. of eviscerare, from ex- "out" + viscera "internal organs." Sometimes used 17c. in fig. sense of "to bring out the deepest secrets of."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: evis·cer·ate
Pronunciation: i-'vis-&-"rAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
transitivesenses
1 : to remove the viscera of
2 : to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ) eviscerate intransitive senses
: to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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