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Definition of Colotomy
1. n. An operation for opening the colon
Definition of Colotomy
1. a surgical incision of the colon [n -MIES]
Medical Definition of Colotomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Colotomy
Literary usage of Colotomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1891)
"LUMBAR VERSUS ILIAC colotomy. BY JOHN B. DEAVER, MD, ... Having performed both
lumbar and iliac colotomy, I am convinced that, in the majority of cases, ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1892)
"A notable improvement is the addition of numerous very good woodcuts of the
apparatus described in the text. colotomy, Inguinal ..."
3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Rectum, Anus, and Contiguous Textures by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1896)
"I INTEND to set forth as plainly as possible the advantages and the disadvantages
of colotomy as a whole; to show the good points or the demerits of the ..."
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