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gastrotomy

[ ga-strot-uh-mee ]

noun

Surgery.
plural gastrotomies.
  1. the operation of cutting into the stomach.


gastrotomy

/ ɡæˈٰɒəɪ /

noun

  1. surgical incision into the stomach
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

First recorded in 1650–60; gastro- + -tomy
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Example Sentences

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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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