α. 1800s– rumenotomy.
β. 1800s– ruminotomy.
rumenotomyn.
/ˌruːməˈnɒtəmi/, U.S. /ˌruməˈnɑdəmi/ Veterinary Medicine.
Incision into the rumen, typically in order to remove its contents and relieve impaction or stasis; an instance of this.
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1859 Veterinarian 32 249 (heading) Rumenotomy in a cow.
1882 J. W. Hill Bovine Med. & Surg. xxiv. 587 Rumenotomy consists in removing the contents of the viscus through an artificial opening.
1907 R. Wallace Farm Live Stock Great Brit. (ed. 4) xvi. 345 This can only be got rid of by ruminotomy, i.e., cutting a hole into the stomach on the left side, removing the foreign substance, and following up by giving little food for a few days until the wound heals.
1954 A. A. Forsyth Brit. Poisonous Plants 13 Stomach-pumping is of little or no use in removing the rumen contents of cattle, sheep, or goats. In these animals, the operation of rumenotomy (opening the rumen via the left flank) presents the only practicable solution.
1997 Jrnl. Zoo & Wildlife Med. 28 22/2 Rumen stasis may require removal of the rumen contents by a large-bore stomach tube or rumenotomy.
2008 T. J. Divers & S. E. Peek Rebhun's Dis. Dairy Cattle (ed. 2) v. 153/1 Rumenotomies have had to be performed to retrieve balling guns, parts of balling guns, Fricke specula, stomach tubes, and other pieces of equipment swallowed by cows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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