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ventriculostomy

ventriculostomy noun: a neurosurgical procedure that involves creating a hole within a cerebral ventricle for drainage.

Noun

ventriculostomy (plural ventriculostomies)

  1. A neurosurgical procedure that involves creating a hole within a cerebral ventricle for drainage.

Forms of ventriculostomy

pluralventriculostomies

Origin of ventriculostomy

From ventriculo- + -stomy.

Questions about ventriculostomy

What does ventriculostomy mean?
Ventriculostomy means a neurosurgical procedure that involves creating a hole within a cerebral ventricle for drainage.
What part of speech is ventriculostomy?
Ventriculostomy is a noun.
What is the plural of ventriculostomy?
The plural of ventriculostomy is ventriculostomies.

Words near ventriculostomy in the dictionary

  1. ventriculoscope
  2. ventriculoscopic
  3. ventriculoscopy
  4. ventriculose
  5. ventriculostomies
  6. ventriculostomy
  7. ventriculosubgaleal
  8. ventriculotomic
  9. ventriculotomies
  10. ventriculotomy
  11. ventriculous

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