- gastroplication
- \\|ga(ˌ)strō+\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gastr- + plication: a surgical operation for reducing chronic stomach dilatation by plication
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
gastroplication
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gastroplication — An operation for reducing the size of the stomach by suturing a longitudinal fold with the peritoneal surfaces in apposition. SYN: gastroptyxis, gastrorrhaphy (2), stomach reefing. [gastro + L. plico, to fold] * * * gas·tro·pli·ca·tion .gas t … Medical dictionary
gastroplication — gas·tro·plication … English syllables
Nissen fundoplication — Intervention Diagram of a Nissen fundoplication. ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
gastroptyxis — SYN: gastroplication. [gastro + G. ptyxis, a fold] … Medical dictionary
gastrorrhaphy — 1. Suture of a perforation of the stomach. 2. SYN: gastroplication. [gastro + G. rhaphe, a stitching] * * * gas·tror·rha·phy (gas trorґə fe) [gastro + rrhaphy] suture of a wound of the stomach … Medical dictionary
reefing — Surgically reducing the extent of a tissue by folding it and securing with sutures, as in plication. stomach r. SYN: gastroplication … Medical dictionary
