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aortotomies

aortotomies is the plural of aortotomy.

Meaning of aortotomy

Noun

aortotomy (plural aortotomies)

  1. incision into the aorta
    • The patient did not require replacement of the wrapped portion of the aorta as there were no signs of aortic dissection, and the surgeon did not encounter problems when closing the aortotomy.2015 August 1, Tomasz Plonek et al., “Biomechanical analysis of wrapping of the moderately dilated ascending aorta”, in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, volume 10, →DOI

Questions about aortotomies

What is aortotomies the plural of?
Aortotomies is the plural of aortotomy.

Words near aortotomies in the dictionary

  1. aortopulmonary
  2. aortorenal
  3. aortorrhaphy
  4. aortosclerosis
  5. aortoseptal
  6. aortotomies
  7. aortotomy
  8. aortotracheal
  9. AOS
  10. AOSB
  11. AOSD

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