valvulotomyn.
/valvjʊˈlɒtəmi/ Surgery.
= valvotomy n.
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cardiotomy1845
pericardiotomy1900
pericardotomy1900
cardiolysis1903
valvotomy1903
pericardectomy1913
pericardiectomy1913
valvulotomy1916
1916 J. F. Binnie Operative Surg. (ed. 7) ii. xxxi. 332 Such operations may be named internal valvulotomy.
1951 Lancet 21 Apr. 896/2 Valvulotomy for mitral stenosis.
1970 New Yorker 21 Nov. 68/2 Any two-bit surgeon who can do a valvulotomy can have a patient in this unit.
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