evisceration

evisceration
1. SYN: exenteration. 2. The process wherein tissue or organs that usually reside within a body cavity are displaced outside that cavity usualy through a traumatic disruption of the wall of the cavity; e.g., e. of bowel. 3. Removal of the contents of the eyeball, leaving the sclera and sometimes the cornea. 4. SYN: eventration (1). [L. eviscero, to disembowel]

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evis·cer·a·tion i-.vis-ə-'rā-shən n the act or process of eviscerating

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n.
1. (in surgery)
a) the removal of part of the viscera.
b) the protrusion of an organ through a surgical incision.
2. (in ophthalmology) an operation in which the contents of the eyeball are removed, the empty outer envelope (sclera) being left behind. Compare enucleation.

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evis·cer·a·tion (e-vis″ər-aґshən) [e- + viscus] 1. removal of viscera; called also 2. eventration. eventration (def. 1). 3. removal of the contents of the eyeball while leaving the sclera behind.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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