Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The formation of a pouch in a membrane, such as the peritoneum.
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- noun surgery The
surgical technique of cutting aslit into acyst andsuturing its edges to form a continuous surface from theexterior to theinterior of the cyst, allowing it todrain freely.
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Laparoscopic marsupialization of a splenic cyst, if anyone's wondering.
Another Dog Café. Ann Althouse 2009
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