Medical Definition of Cholecystostomy

1. Establishment of an opening into the gallbladder either for drainage or surgical communication with another part of the digestive tract, usually the duodenum or jejunum. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cholecystostomy

cholecystography
cholecystoileostomy
cholecystojejunostomy
cholecystokinase
cholecystokinetic
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinins
cholecystolithiasis
cholecystolithotripsy
cholecystomy
cholecystopaque
cholecystopathy
cholecystopexy
cholecystorrhaphy
cholecystosonography
cholecystostomy (current term)
cholecystotomies
cholecystotomy
cholecysts
choledoch
choledoch duct
choledochal
choledochal cyst
choledochal sphincter
choledochectomy
choledochendysis
choledochiarctia
choledochitis
choledocho-
choledochocholedochostomy

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