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Webster 1913 Edition
Eventration
Eˊven-tra-tion
,Noun.
[L.
e
out + venter
belly.] (Med.)
(a)
A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.
(b)
A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.
(c)
The act of disemboweling.
Definition 2024
eventration
eventration
See also: éventration
English
Noun
eventration (plural eventrations)
- (medicine) A tumour containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, caused by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.
- (medicine) A large wound in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.
- The act af disembowelling.