Viscerates

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Cuts open and removes the internal organs from a body or carcass
2. Extracts the innermost parts of an organism, especially its internal organs
3. Takes out the viscera or internal body parts of an animal or specimen

Etymology: "Viscerate" is a back-formation from "eviscerate," which is itself the older and more familiar verb. "Eviscerate" was borrowed into English from Latin "eviscerare," meaning "to disembowel," built from "ex-" ("out") and "viscus" (plural "viscera," "internal organs"). The shorter "viscerate" was then formed by dropping the prefix "e-" from "eviscerate," which is why it carries the same sense of removing an organism's inner organs. The third-person singular "viscerates" is simply the present-tense form of "viscerate," with the usual "-s" added for a subject such as "he" or "it." The verb itself is rare outside specialist and dictionary contexts, so most readers will meet "eviscerates" far more often than "viscerates."

Synonyms: eviscerates, disembowels, gut, remove, extract

Antonyms: preserve, protect, safeguard