exenteration
/ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/noun
exenteration is spelled E-X-E-N-T-E-R-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, exenteration means “The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of exenteration is exenterations.
How many letters and syllables are in exenteration?
| Letters | 12: E-X-E-N-T-E-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is exenteration?
Exenteration appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce exenteration?
- /ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of exenteration
- exenterations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exenteration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit.
- 2
obsoleteThe process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration.
How to keep the corps seven dayes from corruption by anointing and washing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choisest practise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does exenteration come from?
From exenterate + -ion, possibly corresponding to a learned borrowing from Latin *exenterātiō, from exenterō (“to disembowel”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).