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cholecystotomy

American

[koh-luh-si-stot-uh-mee, kol-uh-] / ˌkoʊ lə sɪˈstɒt ə mi, ˌkɒl ə- /

noun

Surgery.

incision of the gallbladder.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

cholecystotomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of cholecystotomy

First recorded in 1875–80; chole- + cysto- + -tomy

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