Verb: eviscerate i'vi-su,reyt
- Remove the entrails of
"eviscerate a chicken";
- disembowel, draw, embowel [archaic]
- (medicine) surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
"The surgeon eviscerated the damaged tissue";
- resect
- (medicine) remove the contents of
"eviscerate the stomach"
- Take away a vital or essential part of
"the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"
- Having been disembowelled
"The eviscerate carcass was prepared for further processing"
Derived forms: eviscerated, eviscerates, eviscerating
See also: injured
Type of: devitalise [Brit], devitalize, empty, remove, take, take away, withdraw
Encyclopedia: Eviscerate