Cardiovascular
arteriotomy
ar-teer-ee-OT-oh-mee
StatusNew
Definition
Surgical incision into an artery
ProcedureCardiovascular
Breakdown
Etymology
Greek: arteri/o (artery) + -tomy (incision)
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