noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The surgical procedure for making an opening in the stomach as part of an operation countable, uncountable
2. 2
   surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage) wordnet

Etymology

From gastro- + -stomy.

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