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Eventration
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.
2. A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.
3. The act af disemboweling.