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laparotomize

[lap-uh-rot-uh-mahyz]

verb (used with object), lap·a·rot·o·mized, lap·a·rot·o·miz·ing. Surgery.

to perform a laparotomy on.

Also especially British, lap·a·rot·o·mise.

Origin of laparotomize

laparotom(y) + -ize

Related formslap·a·rot·o·mist, noun

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