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cholecystogastrostomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chole-cys-to-gas-tros-to-my
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A surgical procedure in which the gallbladder is connected to the stomach to allow bile to drain into the stomach, typically used as a bypass option in cases of biliary obstruction when standard drainage routes are not feasible.

Uncountable

Etymology

From cholecysto- + gastrostomy.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

cholecystogastrostomies (plural)

Questions

What does cholecystogastrostomy mean?
A surgical procedure in which the gallbladder is connected to the stomach to allow bile to drain into the stomach, typically used as a bypass option in cases of biliary obstruction when standard drainage routes are not feasible.
Where does cholecystogastrostomy come from?
From cholecysto- + gastrostomy.

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