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celiotomy

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ce⋅li⋅ot⋅o⋅my

  [see-lee-ot-uh-mee]
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–noun, plural -mies. Surgery.
laparotomy (def. 2).
Origin:
< Gk koilí(a) bowels (see celiac + -o- + -tomy
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Main Entry: ce·li·ot·o·my
Variant: or chiefly British coe·li·ot·o·my /"sE-lE-'ät-&-mE/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -mies
: surgical incision of the abdomen
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celiotomy ce·li·ot·o·my (sē'lē-ŏt'ə-mē)
n.
Incision of the abdomen. Also called abdominal section, laparotomy, ventrotomy.

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