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laparotomize

American

[lap-uh-rot-uh-mahyz] / ˌlæp əˈrɒt əˌmaɪz /

especially British, laparotomise

verb (used with object)

Surgery.

laparotomized, laparotomizing

to perform a laparotomy on.

Other Word Forms

laparotomist

noun

Etymology

Origin of laparotomize

laparotom(y) + -ize

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