evisceration meaning and definition

EVISCERATION noun

Definition of evisceration (noun)

1. surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
2. the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
   • synonyms: disembowelment
3. 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"