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gastrotomy
[ ga-strot-uh-mee ]
noun
Surgery.
plural gastrotomies.
- the operation of cutting into the stomach.
gastrotomy
/ ɡæˈٰɒəɪ /
noun
- surgical incision into the stomach
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Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٰ·ٴdz· [gas-tr, uh, -, tom, -ik], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of gastrotomy1
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Gastrotomy, gas-trot′o-mi, n. the operation of cutting open the belly.
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Abby, who is intubated and has a gastrotomy tube, or g-tube, that allows her to get nutrition without requiring a tube in her nose, needs constant care.
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The patient's constitution was fast yielding, and gastrotomy was immediately performed.
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Mr. Cooper, on gastrotomy, 224.Furner, ligature of both subclavians, 38.Gastrectomy,
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Gastrotomy.—Cutting into the stomach for the extraction of a foreign body has now been performed at least ten times, and all but one recovered.
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