| NOUN | act | evisceration | surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient |
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| act | evisceration, disembowelment | the act of removing the bowels or viscera | |
| act | evisceration | altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value |
| Meaning | Surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient. | |
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| Broader | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments |
| Meaning | The act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude / protrude. | |
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| Synonym | disembowelment | |
| Broader | removal, remotion | The act of removing |
| Spanish | desentrañamiento | |
| Catalan | evisceració | |
| Verbs | eviscerate | remove the entrails of |
| Meaning | Altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value. | |
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| Example | "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act" | |
| Broader | devaluation | The reduction of something's value or worth |
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