Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the operation of cutting for hernia; celotomy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A surgical procedure for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.
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- noun
Surgical repair of ahernia .
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Examples
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In cases of strangulated hernia of the groin he performed the operation known as herniotomy, while heretofore physicians feared to operate in such cases, leaving the patients to die miserably.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Not less than fifty chapters are devoted to a comparatively full discussion of wounds, fractures and dislocations, lithotomy, herniotomy, fistulae and the various diseases on the border line between medicine and surgery.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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He performed herniotomy in the femoral region, and there was a safe delivery at full term.
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He performed herniotomy in the femoral region, and there was a safe delivery at full term.
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Having made all the preperations necessary to perform herniotomy, should that operation become necessary, I boldly administered chloroform, although the patient was still in a state of great depression.
Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884
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Having stimulated the Pasha freely with brandy and water -- which the natives consider unholy treatment -- I had the gratification of seeing some reaction established; and determined to administer chloroform, and either to reduce the tumor by taxis, or to perform herniotomy, if necessary.
Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884
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He had already qualified as a pharmacist when in 1872 he graduated as a doctor, surprising his thesis herniotomy on the removal of hernias, which showed an advance in relation to the methods of the time.
Daily Gadget 2010
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He had already qualified as a pharmacist when in 1872 he graduated as a doctor, surprising his thesis herniotomy on the removal of hernias, which showed an advance in relation to the methods of the time.
Daily Gadget 2010
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(1580-1656; treatment of abscesses, resection of ribs); the already mentioned anatomist, Fabrizio ab Aquapendente (re-introduction of tracheotomy, improvement of herniotomy); Antonio Ciucci (about 1650, re-introduction of lithotripsy); in France, Bartholomaeus Saviard
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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