Definition of Vagotomy

1. surgical division of the vagus nerve [n -MIES]

Medical Definition of Vagotomy

1. 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

vaginule
vaginules
Vaginulus plebeius
vagitus
vagituses
vagitus uterinus
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
vago-
vagoaccessorius
vagoglossopharyngeal
vagolysis
vagolytic
vagomimetic
vagotomies
vagotomy (current term)
vagotomy (current term)
vagotonia
vagotonia
vagotonias
vagotonic
vagotonic
vagotropic
vagovagal
vagovagal reflex
vagrancies
vagrancy
vagrant
vagrant's disease
vagrantly
vagrants

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