exenterate

US: (v. ek sen′tə rāt′; adj. ek sen′tər it)

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ex•en•ter•ate  (v. ek sen′tə rāt′;adj. ek sen′tər it), v., -at•ed, -at•ing, adj. 
v.t. 

1. to remove the contents of;
   disembowel;
   eviscerate.

adj. 

2. Surgery eviscerate.

• Greek éntera entrails) + -ātus -ate¹
• Latin exenterātus (past participle of exenterāre to disembowel), equivalent. to ex- ex-¹ + enter- (
• 1600–10

ex•en′ter•a′tion, n.