colotomyn.
/kəˈlɒtəmi/, U.S. /kəˈlɑdəmi/ Surgery.
The operation or process of cutting through the wall of the colon; an instance of this; an incision into the colon. In early use: spec. = colostomy n. (now rare).
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colotomy1860
jejunostomy1885
colostomy1887
ileocolostomy1887
ileo-ileostomy1887
ileostomy1890
caecostomy1891
ileosigmoidostomy1892
short-circuiting1896
ileectomy1900
typhlotomy1903
typhlectomy1913
sigmoidectomy1915
haemorrhoidectomy1917
jejunojejunostomy1925
hemicolectomy1926
1860 Lancet 25 Aug. 188/2 Colotomy was performed in the groin with a fatal result.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xiv. 592 We perform colotomy on a patient with cancerous stricture of the intestine or other mechanical obstruction.
1882 Field Naturalist 39 The colon of a sheep in which colotomy had been performed by a kea.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) v. 105 The rectum dwindles after colotomy to a scarcely pervious cord.
2004 Dis. Colon & Rectum 47 1694 The remainder required repair of perforated bowel or retrieval of the foreign body via a colotomy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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