Evisceration

(e-vis-er-a' -shun). The removal of the viscera. E. of the Eye, removal of the entire contents of the globe of the eye, leaving the sclerotic intact, an operation in place of enucleation, and following which some operators insert a gla or metallic shell-globe, called an artificial vitreous, to preserve the shape, etc., of the eye-ball. E., Obstetric, the removal of the abdominal or thoracic viscera of the fetus in embryotomy.