Definition of "gastrotomy" [gas•trot•o•my]

• Surgical incision into the stomach. (noun)

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• "Additional procedures can be done, such as gastrotomy, which obviates the NG tube and decreases the risk of recurrent volvulus."
• "Or would it be the dreaded gastrotomy — a surgical procedure to cut open her stomach and fish out the clumpy, non-digestible stuff?"
• "After it had been lodged in this position for seven weeks and two days gastrotomy was performed, and the knife extracted; the patient recovered."