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evisceration

DEFINITIONS OF: evisceration

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n the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude

Synonyms:
disembowelment
Type of:
remotion, removal
the act of removing

n 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”
Type of:
devaluation
the reduction of something's value or worth

n surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient

Type of:
operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
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