Associations to the word «Laparotomy»

Wiktionary

LAPAROTOMY, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

LAPAROTOMY, noun. Surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky