Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Evisceration \E*vis`cer*a"tion\, a.
   A disemboweling.

Source : WordNet®

evisceration
     n 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 [syn: {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"