Meaning of exenteration in English
Noun
exenterationEtymology
mid 17th century (originally in the sense ‘disembowelment’): from Latin exenterat-‘removed’, from the verb exenterare (suggested by Greek exenterizein), from ex-‘out of’ + enteron‘intestine’Definitions
1. surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis)