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GASTROENTEROSTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gastroenterostomy mean?
• GASTROENTEROSTOMY (noun)
The noun GASTROENTEROSTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated
Familiarity information: GASTROENTEROSTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gastroenterostomy" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
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