English Explanatory Dictionary

caecostomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.

Word forms

caecostomy caecostomies cæcostomy cecostomy

Etymology

From caecum + -stomy.

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