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exenterate

[ verb ek-sen-tuh-reyt; adjective ek-sen-ter-it ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·en·ter·at·ed, ex·en·ter·at·ing.
  1. to remove the contents of; disembowel; eviscerate.

adjective

  1. Surgery. eviscerate.

exenterate

verb

  1. surgery to remove (internal organs, an eyeball, etc); eviscerate
  2. See disembowel
    a rare word for disembowel

adjective

  1. rare.
    having been disembowelled

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Derived Forms

  • exˌenterˈation, noun

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Other Words From

  • ex·enter·ation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of exenterate1

1600–10; < Latin exenterātus (past participle of exenterāre to disembowel), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + enter- (< Greek éntera entrails) + -ātus -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of exenterate1

C17: from Latin exenterāre, from ex- 1+ Greek enteron intestine

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