herniotomyn.
/həːnɪˈɒtəmi/ Surgery.
The operation of cutting for strangulated hernia.
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royal stitch1750
herniotomy1811
celotomy1847
1811 in R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.)
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xv. 619 Herniotomy or Kelotomy remains now to be described.
1885 Lancet 26 Sept. 566 Herniotomy was performed, the sac being opened.
Derivatives
herniˈotomist n. one who practises herniotomy.
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1897 W. Anderson Jr. Arderne 7 Lithotomists, herniotomists, oculists, and others.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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