salpingotomy

English

Etymology

From salpingo- +‎ -tomy.

Noun

salpingotomy (plural salpingotomies)

  1. (obstetrics, surgery) The operation of making an incision into a Fallopian tube to remove an ectopic.
    Hypernyms: procedure, operation, surgery, treatment, therapy
    Coordinate term: salpingectomy
    Near-synonym: salpingostomy (sometimes synonymous)
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