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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of eviscerare, from viscera 'body organs'

eviscerate

 verb
     
Related topics: Hospital
e‧vis‧ce‧rate [transitive] formal or technical
MH to cut the organs out of a person's or animal's body
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