MEANING
To remove the organs or other contents of a body cavity, especially in a surgical context.
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Words that belong together
- an exenterated cavity
- pelvic exenteration
On the page
The record described an exenterated cavity rather than an ordinary wound.
In the story, the specimen had been exenterated before its surface was restored.
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Word forms
- Base
- exenterate
- Past tense
- exenterated
- Past participle
- exenterated
- Present participle
- exenterating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- exenterate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are exenterating
- Present perfect
- have/has exenterated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been exenterating
- Past
- exenterated
- Past continuous
- was/were exenterating
- Past perfect
- had exenterated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been exenterating
- Future
- will exenterate
- Future continuous
- will be exenterating
- Future perfect
- will have exenterated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been exenterating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: exenterate; exenterates; exenterated; exenterated; exenterating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: exenterates.
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