colotomy

American  

[kuh-lot-uh-mee] / kəˈlɒt ə mi /

noun

Surgery.

PLURAL

colotomies

1. incision or opening of the colon.

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colotomy British  

/ kəˈlɒtəmɪ /

noun

1. a colonic incision

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Etymology

Origin of colotomy

First recorded in 1865–70; colo- + -tomy

Example Sentences

Brehm reports the case of a woman on whom he performed colotomy.

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Hans de, on amputation, 48.Gerdy on radical cure of hernia, 246.Gilbert, amputation above the shoulder-joint, 68.Gillespie on excision of wrist-joint, 128.Gluteal, ligature of, 12.Gosselin on colotomy, 253.Graefe on strabismus, 158.on cataract operations, 166.or iridectomy, 171.Green on ligature of subclavian, 38.Greenhow on excision of os calcis, 144.Greenslade on Bowman's operation, 156.Gritti's amputation, 93Gross on amputation at elbow-joint, 61.on amputation, 81-87.on excision of hip, 132.on lithotomy, 262.on rhinoplastic operation, 178.on excision of lower jaw, 192.Guérin,

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Colotomy in the left groin applicable in cases of imperforate anus and deficiency of rectum in infants.

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Colotomy in the left groin, for absence of anus and deficiency of rectum in newly born infants.—The dissections of Curling, Gosselin, and others have shown that in infants the operation of lumbar colotomy is very difficult, and its results uncertain, while it is comparatively easy to open the colon in the left groin.

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Benham mentions the discharge of a fetus by the rectum; there was a stricture of the rectum associated with syphilitic patches, necessitating the performance of colotomy.

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