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Webster 1913 Edition

Enterotomy

Enˊter-ot′o-my

,

Noun.

[Gr.

ἔντερον

an intestine +

τέμνειν

to cut.]

(Med.)

Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.

Definition 2024

enterotomy

enterotomy

English

Noun

enterotomy ‎(plural enterotomies)

(surgery) incision into the intestine