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Definition of Enterotomy
1. Noun. Surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine.
Generic synonyms: Operation, Surgery, Surgical Operation, Surgical Procedure, Surgical Process
Definition of Enterotomy
1. n. Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.
Definition of Enterotomy
1. Noun. (surgery) incision into the intestine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Enterotomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Enterotomy
Literary usage of Enterotomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"Dr. P., as a last resort, performed the operation of enterotomy. The operation
was readily performed, the opening being made as usual into the lower bowels. ..."
2. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen, Marcus Beck, Raymond Johnson (1895)
"Under these circumstances, enterotomy should be performed. ... In the very urgent
cases in which enterotomy is indicated, no general anaesthetic should be ..."
3. Intestinal Surgery by Nicholas Senn (1889)
"enterotomy. In 1840 Nelaton made the first enterotomy for intestinal obstruction.
... The mortality of enterotomy has been nearly as great as that of ..."
4. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"CHAPTER X enterotomy AND ENTEROSTOMY THE terms enterotomy and enterostomy ...
(i) enterotomy is employed as a convenience during the performance of ..."
5. Surgical diseases of the dog and cat: With Chapters on Anaesthetics and by Frederick Thomas George Hobday (1906)
"If this is not possible, the gut must be opened, this operation being technically
known as enterotomy. Or it may be even necessary to excise a portion, ..."
6. Abdominal surgery by James Greig Smith (1891)
"enterotomy. The name enterotomy is given to the operation of making, by peritoneal
... enterotomy, first performed on a patient of Trousseau's by Nelaton, ..."
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