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GASTROSTOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gastrostomy" 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)
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