Definition of Vagotomy
1. surgical division of the vagus nerve [n -MIES]
Medical Definition of Vagotomy
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Effects of bilateral vagotomy (cholinergic denervation): decreased motility of stomach and intestine, decreased gastric secretions, decreased tone of gallbladder and bile ducts, increased tone of sphincters (Oddi and lower oesophageal sphincter)
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Vagotomy
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