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diverticulopexy

diverticulopexy noun: an operation to fix or obliterate a diverticulum without excising it.

Noun

diverticulopexy (countable and uncountable, plural diverticulopexies)

  1. An operation to fix or obliterate a diverticulum without excising it.

Forms of diverticulopexy

pluraldiverticulopexies

Origin of diverticulopexy

From diverticulum + -o- + -pexy.

Questions about diverticulopexy

What does diverticulopexy mean?
Diverticulopexy means an operation to fix or obliterate a diverticulum without excising it.
What part of speech is diverticulopexy?
Diverticulopexy is a noun.
What is the plural of diverticulopexy?
The plural of diverticulopexy is diverticulopexies.

Words near diverticulopexy in the dictionary

  1. diverticulectomy
  2. diverticuli
  3. diverticulites
  4. diverticulitis
  5. diverticulopexies
  6. diverticulopexy
  7. diverticuloses
  8. diverticulosis
  9. diverticulum
  10. diverticulums
  11. divertimenti

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