celotomy

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celotomy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Celotomy \Ce*lot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?; ? hernia + ? to cut.] (Med.)
     The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in
     strangulated hernia. [Frequently written kelotomy.]
     [1913 Webster]