Medical Term:
evisceration
Pronunciation: ē-vis′ĕr-ā′shŭn
Definition:
- The process whereby tissue or organs that usually reside within a body cavity are displaced outside that cavity, usually through a traumatic disruption of the wall of the cavity; evisceration of bowel.
- Removal of the contents of the eyeball, leaving the sclera and sometimes the cornea.
Synonym(s): exenteration
[L. eviscero, to disembowel]
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