evisceration

Other forms: eviscerations

Definitions of evisceration

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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
3. noun

   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