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PERITOMY

\pˌɛɹˈɪtəmɪ], \pˌɛɹˈɪtəmɪ], \p_ˌɛ_ɹ_ˈɪ_t_ə_m_ɪ]\

Definitions of PERITOMY

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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1. Circumcision. 2. The removal of a circular strip of the conjunctiva for the relief of pannus.

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

Operation removing a portion of conjunctiva for corneal opacity.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The operation of cutting out a circular strip of conjunctiva from about the cornea, in order to cut off the blood-supply of a pannus and thus cause its atrophy.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Treatment of pannus by removing a strip of conjunctiva.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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