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eventration|iːvɛnˈtreɪʃən|
[a. Fr. éventration, f. éventrer, f. é- (es-:—L. ex-) out + ventre belly.]
1. The action of opening the belly (of an animal).
1875Miss Cobbe False Beasts 39 The animal's [camel's] provision of water, which his master could always reach..by the simple process of eventration.
2. a. The condition of a fœtus in which the abdominal viscera are extruded. b. In women: A pendulous condition of the lower abdomen. c. ‘The condition of a large ventral hernia’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1884). d. The escape of a large amount of intestines from an abdominal wound.
a.1860in Mayne Exp. Lex. 1884in Syd. Soc. Lex.
c.1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 508/1 The tumour formed by the protruding viscera is designated..eventration.
d.1847in Craig. 1884in Syd. Soc. Lex. |