English Explanatory Dictionary

gastrostomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The surgical procedure for making an opening in the stomach as part of an operation.

Word forms

gastrostomy gastrostomies

Etymology

From gastro- + -stomy.

Related words

gastrostomal

Derived words

cholecystogastrostomy cystogastrostomy gastrogastrostomy hepatogastrostomy pancreaticogastrostomy pancreatogastrostomy

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