Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The surgical formation of an external opening from the duodenum through the abdominal wall.

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Examples

  • Choledocho-Duodenostomia interna (Internal choledocho-duodenostomy) he established the procedure for excision of gall stones from the lowest part of the bile duct.

    Theodor Kocher - Biography 1967

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