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fundoplasty

fundoplasty noun: a surgical procedure in which the upper portion of the stomach is wrapped around the lower end of the esophagus.

Noun

fundoplasty (plural fundoplasties)

  1. A surgical procedure in which the upper portion of the stomach is wrapped around the lower end of the esophagus.
    • Achalasia was diagnosed postpartum and myotomy-fundoplasty was performed.2000, Yasumasa Ohno, Michiyasu Kawai, Yoshihisa Shibata, Yoshihisa Shibata, “Esophageal achalasia in pregnancy”, in American journal of perinatology, →DOI

Forms of fundoplasty

pluralfundoplasties

Origin of fundoplasty

From fundus + -plasty.

Questions about fundoplasty

What does fundoplasty mean?
Fundoplasty means a surgical procedure in which the upper portion of the stomach is wrapped around the lower end of the esophagus.
What part of speech is fundoplasty?
Fundoplasty is a noun.
What is the plural of fundoplasty?
The plural of fundoplasty is fundoplasties.

Words near fundoplasty in the dictionary

  1. fundings
  2. fundis
  3. fundless
  4. fundlessness
  5. fundoplasties
  6. fundoplasty
  7. fundoplication
  8. fundoplications
  9. Fundora
  10. Fundoras
  11. fundoscope

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