exenterate

[ verb ek-sen-tuh-reyt; adjective ek-sen-ter-it ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·en·ter·at·ed, ex·en·ter·at·ing.

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

adjective

1. Surgery. eviscerate.

exenterate

verb

1. surgery to remove (internal organs, an eyeball, etc); eviscerate
2. a rare word for disembowel

adjective

1. rare.
   having been disembowelled

Derived Forms

• exˌenterˈation, noun

Other Words From

• ex·enter·ation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of exenterate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of exenterate¹

C17: from Latin exenterāre, from ex- ¹+ Greek enteron intestine

Example Sentences

He says then, they were "exenterated" or "cleaned out of the immense sums of money they carried with them, together with the loss of many lives."

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• decimate
• empty
• eviscerate
• loot
• ransack
• ravage