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gastroelytrotomy

gastroelytrotomy noun: the operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a foetus.

Noun

gastroelytrotomy (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a foetus.

Origin of gastroelytrotomy

From gastro- + elytrotomy.

Questions about gastroelytrotomy

What does gastroelytrotomy mean?
Gastroelytrotomy means the operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a foetus.
What part of speech is gastroelytrotomy?
Gastroelytrotomy is a noun.

Words near gastroelytrotomy in the dictionary

  1. gastroduodenum
  2. gastroduodenums
  3. gastrodynia
  4. gastroectomies
  5. gastroectomy
  6. gastroelytrotomy
  7. gastroendoscopic
  8. gastroendoscopies
  9. gastroendoscopy
  10. gastroenteral
  11. gastroenterectomies

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