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Often done to examine abdominal organs
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laparotomy
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Wiktionary
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n. (context surgery English) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
WordNet
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n. surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laparotomy \Lap`a*rot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? loins + te`mnein to cut.] (Surg.) A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the C[ae]sarean section.
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A laparotomy is a surgical procedure involving a large incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity . It is also known as a celiotomy . The first successful laparotomy was performed without anesthesia by Ephraim McDowell ...
Usage examples of laparotomy.
Can you imagine a surgeon suddenly going blind in the middle of a laparotomy and trying to continue without his sight?
Porro operation, laparotomy, symphysiotomy, all approved by science and the moral law.
With the blood pressure crashing, the surgery resident in desperation had performed an emergency laparotomy, hoping to control the internal bleeding.
This young man had already distinguished himself in the performance of some difficult hospital laparotomies, and he was at that sanguine age when ambition looks through the spectacles of experiment.