EVENTRATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.

2.
n.

A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.

3.
n.

The act af disemboweling.


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