Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exenteration

/ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: ex-en-ter-a-tion
IPA: /ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"How to keep the corps seven dayes from corruption by anointing and washing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choisest practise."

Etymology

From exenterate + -ion, possibly corresponding to a learned borrowing from Latin *exenterātiō, from exenterō (“to disembowel”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

exenterations (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce exenteration?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/.
What does exenteration mean?: The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.
Where does exenteration come from?: From exenterate + -ion, possibly corresponding to a learned borrowing from Latin *exenterātiō, from exenterō (“to disembowel”).

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