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Definition: Laparotomy |
LaparotomyNoun1. Surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Laparotomy \Lap`a*rot"o*my\, noun. [Greek expression loins to cut.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A surgical incision made in the wall of the abdomen. (references) |
Medicine | Surgical opening of the abdominal cavity, for diagnostic purposes or treatment; less commonly called coelotomy. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Laparotomy."
| Synonym by domain: battled (medicine). |
Crosswords: Laparotomy |
| English words defined with "laparotomy": laparoscopy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "laparotomy": Sterilization, Tubal. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | At laparotomy, a complete surgical exploration is mandatory. (references) | |
Second-look laparotomy has been used to assess response to therapy. (references) | ||
This surgery is called laparotomy and is performed in a hospital under anesthesia. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Laparotomy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Laparotomy" is used about 66 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 66 | 41,290 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
laparotomy | 87 |
exploratory laparotomy | 15 |
laparotomy sponge | 3 |
laparotomy recovery | 2 |
laparotomy mini | 2 |
complication laparotomy | 2 |
endometriosis laparotomy | 2 |
emergency exploratory laparotomy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "laparotomy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | laparotomia (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), laparotomi (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), ventral laparotomi (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), coeliotomi (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), Battle's laparotomisnit (Battle incision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | laparotomie(vergroeiing) (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), ventrale coeliotomie (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), incisie van Battle (Battle incision), coeliotomie (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), coeliotomia (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | شکافتن شکم برای پی بردن به بیماری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | laparotomia (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | laparotomie de Battle, laparotomie (laparotomie), laparatomie (laparotomie), incision de Kammerer, incision de Jalaguier, incision de Deaver, incision de Battle-Jalaguier-Lennander-Kammerer, incision de Battle-Jalaguier-Kammerer, incision de Battle, coeliotomie ventrale (laparotomie), coeliotomie (laparotomie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | laparotomie (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοιλιακή τομή,λαπαροτομία (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), πρόσθια λαπαροτομία (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), λαπαροτομία ή κοιλιοτομία του Battle (Battle incision), λαπαροτομία (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | laparotomia (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), laparatomia (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparatomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), sezione addominale (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), incisione pararettale (Battle incision), incisione di Battle (Battle incision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 開腹" , 開腹手" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かいふくしゅじゅつ, かいふくじゅつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 개복 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aparotomylay laparotomia (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy). (various references) laparotomía de Battle (Battle incision), laparotomía (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), celiotomía ventral (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), celiotomía (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy). (various references) laparotomi (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "laparotomy" (pronounced 'Lap`a*rot"o*my'): Academy, Adenotomy, Adesmy, Adynamy, Agronomy, Alchemy, Allogamy, Anatomy, Andranatomy, Androtomy, Angiotomy, Anomy, Antinomy, Aplotomy, Apogamy, Aponeurotomy, Archenemy, Army, Arrhytmy, Arteriotomy, Astronomy, Atimy, Autogamy, Autonomy, Belamy, BIGAMY, Bionomy, Blasphemy, Blosmy, Bronchotomy, Capsulotomy, Celotomy, Cephalotomy, Chalazogamy, Chasmy, Chirognomy, Chironomy, Cholecystotomy, Chondrotomy, Cirsotomy, Clammy, Cleronomy, Coenogamy, Colotomy, Craniognomy, Craniotomy, Crummy, Cystotomy, Dactylonomy, Demonomy, Deuterogamy, Deuteronomy, Dichogamy, Dichotomy, Digamy, Dormy, Droumy, Dysnomy, Economy, Embryotomy, Encephalotomy, Endogamy, Enterotomy, Entomotomy, Epithalamy, Eponymy, Esophagotomy, Euchymy, Eunomy, Eurythmy, Exogamy, Exophthalmy, Gastroelytrotomy, Gastrohysterotomy, gastronomy, gastrostomy, Gastrotomy, Geitonogamy, Gemmy, Gerocomy, Glummy, gummy, Gurmy, Heliochromy, Herniotomy, Herpetotomy, Heterogamy, Heteronomy, Heterophemy, Hippotomy, Histonomy, Histotomy, Homodermy, Homodynamy, Homogamy, Homonomy, Homonymy, Homoplasmy, hysterotomy, Ichthyoomy, Ignomy, infamy, iridectomy, Isonomy, jimmy, laryngectomy, Laryngotomy, Lipothymy, lithotomy, Loxodromy, mammy, Metallochromy, metonymy, Metronomy, Metrotomy, Microtomy, misogamy, Monochromy, monogamy, Morphonomy, my, Myotomy, Necrotomy, Nephrotomy, Neurotomy, Nymphotomy, Occamy, Octogamy, OEconomy, Omphalotomy, Omy, oncotomy, Oophorectomy, Ophthalmy, Orchotomy, Organonymy, Ornithotomy, orthogamy, Orthotomy, Osteotomy, Ovariotomy, Panspermy, Parelectronomy, Paronymy, Pathognomy, Pharyngotomy, Phlebotomy, Photochromy, Physiognomy, Physnomy, Phytochimy, Phytonomy, Plummy, Polemy, Polychromy, Polygamy, Polyonomy, Polyspermy, Polytomy, Posthetomy, Prismy, Proctotomy, Pumy, Rammy, Scotomy, scummy, shammy, shimmy, Splanchnotomy, Splenotomy, Staphylotomy, Stemmy, Stereochromy, Stereotomy, strabotomy, Subdichotomy, Symphyseotomy, Synchondrotomy, synonymy, Syntomy, Syringotomy, tammy, Tarsectomy, Tarsotomy, taxidermy, taxonomy, Tenotomy, Theriotomy, Thoracotomy, Thrummy, Thyrotomy, Tommy, Tonsilotomy, Toponomy, Toponymy, tracheotomy, Trichotomy, Trigamy, Typocosmy, Urethrotomy, Uvulatomy, Varicotomy, Vasectomy, Visnomy, Whimmy, Xenogamy, Xerophthalmy, Xylotomy, Zoochemy, Zoogamy, Zoonomy, Zootomy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-o-o-p-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: playroom. | |
-3 letters: amatory, marplot, mayoral, palmary, palmyra, polyoma, taproom. | |
-4 letters: amatol, amoral, aortal, mortal, palmar, paltry, paramo, parlay, partly, patrol, payola, poorly, portal, portly, protyl, pyrola, raptly, tapalo. | |
-5 letters: alamo, alarm, alary, altar, amort, amply, aorta, apart, aport, aptly, aroma, artal, atomy, atopy, loamy, loopy, lyart, malar, malty, marly, mayor, molar, molto, moola, moory, moral, moray, motor, orlop, palmy, parol, party, patly, payor, platy, playa, polar, praam, promo, ratal, roomy, rooty, royal, talar, tamal, tolar, tramp, tromp, troop, tryma, typal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-o-o-p-r-t-y" | |
+5 letters: lymphosarcomata. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 70 61 72 6F 74 6F 6D 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- .--. .- .-. --- - --- -- -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01110000 01100001 01110010 01101111 01110100 01101111 01101101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a p a r o t o m y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0070 0061 0072 006F 0074 006F 006D 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46678267848186817991 |
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