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Webster 1913 Edition

Proctotomy

Proc-tot′o-my

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] anus + [GREEK] to cut.]

(Surg.)

An incision into the rectum, as for the division of a stricture.

Definition 2024

proctotomy

proctotomy

English

Noun

proctotomy ‎(plural proctotomies)

(surgery) An incision into the rectum, as for the division of a stricture.