evisceration

Noun evisceration has 3 senses

• evisceration(n = noun.act) - surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient;
is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

• evisceration(n = noun.act) disembowelment - the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude;
is a kind of remotion, removal
Derived form verb eviscerate₃

• evisceration(n = noun.act) - altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value; "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"
is a kind of devaluation

evisceration