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<medicine> A tumour containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.
A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.
The act af disemboweling.
Origin: L. E out + venter belly.
(01 Mar 1998)
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