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herniotomy

American  
[hur-nee-ot-uh-mee] / ˌhɜr niˈɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.
  • herniotomies
    plural
  1. correction of a hernia by a cutting procedure.


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Etymology

Origin of herniotomy

First recorded in 1805–15; hernio- + -tomy

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He performed herniotomy in the femoral region, and there was a safe delivery at full term.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Not less than fifty chapters are devoted to a comparatively full discussion of wounds, fractures and dislocations, lithotomy, herniotomy, fistulae and the various diseases on the border line between medicine and surgery.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson

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