gossypiboma

English

Etymology

From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) and -oma (“mass”)

Noun

gossypiboma (plural gossypibomas)

  1. (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.
    The gossypiboma obstructed the patient's bowel.

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