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EXENTERATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does exenteration mean?

• EXENTERATION (noun)
The noun EXENTERATION has 1 sense:

1. surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis)

Familiarity information: EXENTERATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EXENTERATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("exenteration" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

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