Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Surg.:
- n. The operation of cutting the constriction in strangulated hernia.
- n. An operation formerly employed for the radical cure of inguinal hernia.
- n. Castration.
Wiktionary
- n. medicine The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Med.) The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek hernia + to cut. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“No one will kotow to you, or serenade you on a koto; rather, you'll be threatened with celotomy or colotomy, equally uncomfortable, or with banishment to Cotonou or Cotopani.”
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-cele, -coele, coel-, celo-
swelling; hernia; abdomen; celom
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