verb
- to remove the internal organs from; to disembowel
Usage: medical; formal
Examples
- The surgeon had to exenterate the abdomen to remove the tumor.
- Ancient Egyptian embalmers would exenterate bodies during mummification.
- The pathologist will exenterate the specimen for detailed examination.
- Emergency surgery required the team to exenterate the damaged organs.
- The procedure to exenterate the pelvis was complex and lengthy.