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gossypiboma

gossypiboma noun: a gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.

Noun

gossypiboma (plural gossypibomas)

  1. A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.
    • The gossypiboma obstructed the patient's bowel.
    Synonyms:
    textiloma

Synonyms of gossypiboma

Forms of gossypiboma

pluralgossypibomas

Origin of gossypiboma

From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) and -oma (“mass”)

Questions about gossypiboma

What does gossypiboma mean?
Gossypiboma means a gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.
What part of speech is gossypiboma?
Gossypiboma is a noun.
What is the plural of gossypiboma?
The plural of gossypiboma is gossypibomas.

Words near gossypiboma in the dictionary

  1. Gossons
  2. gossoon
  3. gossoons
  4. gossypetin
  5. gossypetins
  6. gossypiboma
  7. gossypibomas
  8. gossypine
  9. gossypitrin
  10. gossyplure
  11. gossypol

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