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ventriculoatriostomy

/vɛnˌtrɪkjəloʊˌeɪtriˈɑstəmi/

ventriculoatriostomy noun: a surgical establishment of a shunt to drain cerebrospinal fluid (as in hydrocephalus) from a ventricle of the brain to the right atrium.

Noun

ventriculoatriostomy (plural ventriculoatriostomies)

  1. A surgical establishment of a shunt to drain cerebrospinal fluid (as in hydrocephalus) from a ventricle of the brain to the right atrium.

Forms of ventriculoatriostomy

pluralventriculoatriostomies

Origin of ventriculoatriostomy

From ventriculo- + atrio- + -stomy

Questions about ventriculoatriostomy

What does ventriculoatriostomy mean?
Ventriculoatriostomy means a surgical establishment of a shunt to drain cerebrospinal fluid (as in hydrocephalus) from a ventricle of the brain to the right atrium.
What part of speech is ventriculoatriostomy?
Ventriculoatriostomy is a noun.
How do you pronounce ventriculoatriostomy?
Ventriculoatriostomy is pronounced /vɛnˌtrɪkjəloʊˌeɪtriˈɑstəmi/.
What is the plural of ventriculoatriostomy?
The plural of ventriculoatriostomy is ventriculoatriostomies.

Words near ventriculoatriostomy in the dictionary

  1. ventriculo-
  2. ventriculoaortic
  3. ventriculoarterial
  4. ventriculoatrial
  5. ventriculoatriostomies
  6. ventriculoatriostomy
  7. ventriculobulbar
  8. ventriculocisternal
  9. ventriculocisternostomies
  10. ventriculocisternostomy
  11. ventriculocordectomies

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