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APPENDICOSTOMY

\ɐpˌɛndɪkˈɒstəmɪ], \ɐpˌɛndɪkˈɒstəmɪ], \ɐ_p_ˌɛ_n_d_ɪ_k_ˈɒ_s_t_ə_m_ɪ]\

Definitions of APPENDICOSTOMY

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Operation for opening into the intestine through the tip of the appendix vermiformis, previously attached to the anterior abdominal wall, for the purpose of flushing out the cecum and colon; called also Weir's operation.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The operation of attaching the tip of the appendix vermiformis to the abdominal wall and establishing an opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall and the lumen of the appendix. [Lat, Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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