exenteration
/ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/
exenteration noun: the surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.
Noun
exenteration (countable and uncountable, plural exenterations)
- The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.
- The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration.
- How to keep the corps seven dayes from corruption by anointing and washing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choisest practise.1658. Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin 2005, p. 27
exenteration meaning in Tamil
exenteration in Tamil
- உள்ளுருப்பகற்றல்
Forms of exenteration
| plural | exenterations |
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Origin of exenteration
From exenterate + -ion, possibly corresponding to a learned borrowing from Latin *exenterātiō, from exenterō (“to disembowel”).
Questions about exenteration
- What does exenteration mean?
- Exenteration means the surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.
- What is exenteration in Tamil?
- Exenteration in Tamil is உள்ளுருப்பகற்றல். See Exenteration meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is exenteration?
- Exenteration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce exenteration?
- Exenteration is pronounced /ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of exenteration?
- The plural of exenteration is exenterations.
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