evisceration

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Noun
surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
Noun
the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
Noun
altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value; "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"