laparotomize

especially British, lap·a·rot·o·mise

[lap-uh-rot-uh-mahyz]

verb (used with object)

Surgery.

laparotomized, laparotomizing 

1. to perform a laparotomy on.

Other Word Forms

• laparotomist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of laparotomize¹

laparotom(y) + -ize