Main Entry: evis·cer·ate

Pronunciation: \i-ˈvi-sə-ˌrāt\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): evis·cer·at·ed; evis·cer·at·ing

Etymology: Latin evisceratus, past participle of eviscerare, from e- + viscera viscera

Date: 1599

transitive verb 1 a : to take out the entrails of : disembowel b : to deprive of vital content or force
2 : to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)intransitive verb : to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision

— evis·cer·a·tion \-ˌvi-sə-ˈrā-shən\ noun