embowelment
Removing internal organs
Embowelment is the act of removing the internal organs, especially the intestines.
The word appears in contexts ranging from historical execution methods to hunting practices to horror fiction.
It's synonymous with disembowelment, though that form is more common.
The coroner noted signs of embowelment consistent with animal predation.
Removing internal organs
- visceraAbdominal organs collectively
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- entrailsInternal digestive organs
- organsFunctional body parts
abdominal · cavity · extraction · surgical · autopsy · dissection · gutting · removal
evisceration
Removing internal organs
- visceraAbdominal organs collectively
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- entrailsInternal digestive organs
organs · abdominal · cavity · extraction · surgical · autopsy · dissection · gutting · removal · bowels
execution
Completing a planned task
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- drawingMarks forming a picture
quartering · medieval · gallows · traitor · hanging · scaffold · public · condemned · treason · executioner
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- offeringSomething presented or given
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
ceremonial · omen · entrails · reading · priests · altar · ancient · Roman · Etruscan · religious
embowelmentwholeness
Complete, undivided state
preservation · intactness · bodily integrity · soundness · embalming
embowelmentorgan transplant
Moving tissue between bodies
implantation · surgical repair · suturing · wound closure · reconstructive surgery