EVISCERATION

n. E-vi2s-u5r-a's hu8n. Lat., evisceratio (from ex, out, and viscera, the viscera). Fr., evisceration. Ger., A us lee rung, A us we i dung. It., sviscerazione. Sp., evisceracion. That variety of embryotomy which consists in removing the contents of the thorax and abdomen. E. of the eyeball. Fr., evisceration de Vce.il. Ger., E. des Auges. An operation which consists in first excising the anterior portion of the eyeball and then completely evacuating its contents, leaving nothing behind but the sclerotic. [F.] [s. 779]