laparotomy

English

Etymology

From laparo- +‎ -tomy.

Noun

laparotomy (plural laparotomies)

1. (surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
   • 2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 262:

     Itʼs known as a laparotomy, which involves cutting open your whole abdomen.

Synonyms

• celiotomy, coeliotomy

Translations

surgical procedure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剖腹術／剖腹术 (zh) (pōufùshù)

• Esperanto: laparotomio
• French: laparotomie (fr) f
• German: Laparotomie (de) f
• Italian: laparotomia (it) f
• Polish: laparotomia (pl) f
• Spanish: laparotomía (es) f
• Swedish: laparatomi c