GASTROENTEROSTOMY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gastroenterostomy" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)