Herniotomy

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  • n. Surgical repair of a hernia.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A surgical procedure for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In surgery, the operation of cutting for hernia; celotomy.
    • Word Usage
    "In cases of strangulated hernia of the groin he performed the operation known as herniotomy, while heretofore physicians feared to operate in such cases, leaving the patients to die miserably."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    celotomy   
     
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