n. The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In Surg.:
n. The operation of cutting the constriction in strangulated hernia.
n. An operation formerly employed for the radical cure of inguinal hernia.
n. Castration.
Word Usage
"No one will kotow to you, or serenade you on a koto; rather, you'll be threatened with celotomy or colotomy, equally uncomfortable, or with banishment to Cotonou or Cotopani."