GASTRO-ENTEROSTOMY

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 5

n. GaVtro-e2n-ter-o2s'to-mi2. For deriv., see GASTER and ENTEROSTOMY. Fr., gastro-enterostomie. Ger., Gastroenterostomie. The operation of establishing an artificial communication between the stomach and the small intestine. [Wolfler, "Ctrlbl. f. Chir.," Nov. 12, 1881, cited in "Edinb. Med. Jour.," Apr., 1882.] [s. 153]