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ingluviotomy

ingluviotomy noun: surgery on the ingluvies or crop.

Noun

ingluviotomy (plural ingluviotomies)

  1. Surgery on the ingluvies or crop.
    • The ingluvial content was removed by ingluviotomy and analyzed.1993, J.T. Lumeij, Ina Westerhof, T. Smit, T. J. Spierenburg, “Diagnosis and treatment of Poisoning in Raptors from the Netherlands”, in Patrick Thomas Redig, John E. Cooper, J. David Remple, D....
    • Ingluviotomy may be indicated for determination of crop masses (neoplasia, food impaction, and foreign bodies), repair damaged tissue (especially from predator bite wounds and infection,) and to gain access to the thoracic esophagus.2014, Cheryl B. Greenacre, Teresa Y. Morishita, Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery, page 230

Forms of ingluviotomy

pluralingluviotomies

Origin of ingluviotomy

From ingluvies + -otomy.

Questions about ingluviotomy

What does ingluviotomy mean?
Ingluviotomy means surgery on the ingluvies or crop.
What part of speech is ingluviotomy?
Ingluviotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of ingluviotomy?
The plural of ingluviotomy is ingluviotomies.

Words near ingluviotomy in the dictionary

  1. ingluvies
  2. ingluvin
  3. ingluviolith
  4. ingluvioliths
  5. ingluviotomies
  6. ingluviotomy
  7. ingluvious
  8. ingo
  9. ingodite
  10. ingoer
  11. ingoers

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