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Mules operation

British  
/ mjuːlz /

noun

  1. the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike

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Etymology

Origin of Mules operation

named after J. H. W. Mules (died 1946), Australian grazier who first suggested it

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