Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, operation for the division of any valve, and specifically for division of the rectal valves.
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- noun surgery An
incision into a narrowedvalve of the heart, in order to restore the proper flow of blood
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- noun incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction
Etymologies
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valve + -otomy
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Examples
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Surgeons use a procedure called valvotomy to separate fused leaflets in the valve.
Pulmonary Stenosis 2009
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(November 20, 2000) - For patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis, balloon mitral valvotomy yields similar long-term results compared to a surgical procedure called commissurotomy, according to a University of Pittsburgh ...
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