[n. of action f. prec.: see -ATION.]
1. (See quot.)
1847. Craig, Excarnation, in Anatomy, a method by which the blood-vessels are isolated after injection from the parts among which they are inserted. The agents are putrefaction or immersion in an acid.
1884. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
2. a. Separation (of the soul) from the body at death. b. Emergence from corporeal form and conditions: opposed to incarnation.