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cecostomy

cecostomy is the alternative spelling of caecostomy.

Meaning of caecostomy

Noun

caecostomy (plural caecostomies)

  1. An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.

Forms of cecostomy

pluralcecostomies

Questions about cecostomy

What is cecostomy the alternative spelling of?
Cecostomy is the alternative spelling of caecostomy.

Words near cecostomy in the dictionary

  1. cecocolic
  2. cecogram
  3. cecopexies
  4. cecopexy
  5. cecostomies
  6. cecostomy
  7. CECOT
  8. cecotrope
  9. cecotropes
  10. cecotroph
  11. cecotrophs

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