eviscerate
English
/ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To disembowel, to remove the viscera.
- (transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
- (transitive) To elicit the essence of.
- (transitive) To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
- (intransitive) To protrude through a surgical incision.
Etymology
Derived from Latin ēviscerātus, viscera (bowels, internal organs, entrails).
Origin
Latin
viscera
Gloss
bowels, internal organs, entrails
Kanji
臓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eviscerator English
- viscero- English
- viscera Latin
- viscericola Latin
- ēviscerātus Latin
- eviscerar Spanish, Castilian
- viscéral Middle French