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herniotomy

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her⋅ni⋅ot⋅o⋅my

  [hur-nee-ot-uh-mee]
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–noun, plural -mies. Surgery.
correction of a hernia by a cutting procedure.
Origin:
1805–15; hernio- + -tomy
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Main Entry: her·ni·ot·o·my
Pronunciation: -'ät-&-mE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -mies
: the operation of cutting through a band of tissue that constricts a strangulated hernia
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herniotomy her·ni·ot·o·my (hûr'nē-ŏt'ə-mē)
n.
The surgical correction of a hernia by cutting through a band of tissue that constricts it. Also called celotomy.

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