English Explanatory Dictionary

gossypiboma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.

Word forms

gossypiboma gossypibomas

Etymology

From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) and -oma (“mass”)

Synonyms

textiloma
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