Digestive
laparotomy
lap-uh-ROT-oh-mee
StatusNew
Definition
Surgical incision into the abdominal wall
ProcedureDigestive
Breakdown
Root
lapar/o
abdomen
Etymology
Greek: lapar/o (abdomen) + -tomy (incision)
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