Definitions
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- noun surgery The surgical procedure for making a connection between the
stomach and thejejunum , usually as part of anoperation , performed at the same time as a partialgastrectomy .
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- noun surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated
Etymologies
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From gastro- + entero- + -stomy
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Examples
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I understand that you, Polly, had an operation two years ago for gastric ulcer, an operation called by the very long and very unfamiliar name, gastroenterostomy.
Black Oxen Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
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The study included the following procedures: laparoscopic band, laparoscopic gastroenterostomy, open gastroenterostomy, open gastric bypass, and laparoscopic gastroplasty.
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