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Laparotomy
Meaning
Noun
●
In Surgery:
The
surgical procedure
for making an
incision
in the
abdominal wall
to
gain
access into the
abdominal cavity
. Performed either as
exploratory
surgery
, or as the first
step in
an
abdominal
operation.
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Origin
laparotomy
English
-tomy
English
τέμνω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
laparo-
English
Sourced from
Etym
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