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ventriculostomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A neurosurgical procedure that involves creating a hole within a cerebral ventricle for drainage.

Word forms

ventriculostomy ventriculostomies

Etymology

From ventriculo- + -stomy.

Related words

ventriculocisternostomy

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