cœliotomyn.
/siːlɪˈɒtəmi/ Surgery.
The operation of cutting into the abdominal cavity; laparotomy.
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1881 Trans. Obstetr. Soc. 22 128 If a new word was needed to supersede ‘gastrotomy’ perhaps ‘cœliotomy’ would do.
1908 Practitioner Oct. 608 Anterior and posterior vaginal coeliotomy.
1954 H. E. Bacon & H. D. Trimpi in K. C. Jonas Babcock's Princ. & Pract. Surg. xliv. 1423 Celiotomy.—In the doubtful or confusing case, exploratory laparotomy is advantageous.
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