neocystostomy
(s) (noun), neocystostomies
(pl)
The creation of a new opening in the urinary bladder to permit drainage: By the way of a neocystostomy, the ureter is surgically implanted into the urinary bladder.
neostomy
(s) (noun), neostomies
(pl)
The surgical formation of a new artificial opening into a bodily organ or between two bodily organs: The medical operation of neostomyis performed when fluid needs to be drained, in order to bypass blockages, or to link hollow organs when usual passages do not work.
neuroanastomosis
(s) (noun), neuroanastomoses
(pl)
Surgical formation of a junction between nerves; nerve anastomosis: Nuroanastomosis is necessary to be performed when at least two separate nerves or nerve stumps are to be linked or joined in order to restore neural pathway continuity, feeling, or movement
oophorostomy
(s) (noun), oophorostomies
(pl)
A surgical operation involving the removal of one or two ovaries: Janet was informed by her doctor, that an oophorostomy would have to be performed, but only one ovariy would be removed and that she could still have children, if she wanted to.
ostomy
(s) (noun), ostomies
(pl)
An operation to create an opening from an area inside the body to the outside: The doctors performed a surgical procedure that formed an artificial opening from the colon to make an artificial excretory opening between the colon and the surface of the body for the elimination of body wastes.
pelvioneocystostomy
(s) (noun), pelvioneocystostomies
(pl)
The surgical establishment of a new connection between the renal pelvis and the urinary bladder: When a ureter has been damaged or is obstructed, a pelvioneocystostomy must be performed.
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
(PEG) (s) (noun), percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies
(pl)
1. A method used for long-term tube feeding, in which a tube is inserted through the chest wall into the stomach under endoscopic guidance: A
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is an artificial feeding through a tube passed through the skin into the stomach.
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is a surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube, but it does not necessitate doing an open laparotomy (operation on the abdomen).
The aim of PEG (as with any gastrostomy) is to feed those who can not normally swallow their food. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy may be done by a surgeon, otolaryngologist, or a gastroenterologist. It is usually done in a hospital or outpatient surgical facility.
See gavage for information about a similar procedure.
pericardiostomy, pericardiotomy
(s) (noun); pericardiostomies; pericardiotomies
(pl)
A surgical incision of the pericardium: A pericardiostomy involves the incision into the thin fibrous sac that surrounds a person's heart.
perineostomy
(s) (noun), perineostomies
(pl)
Urethrostomy through the perineum: The procedure of perineostomy forms a permanent opening for a person's urine to flow out of the body through the perineum, which is the area between the genitalia and the anus.
peristome
(s) (noun), peristomes
(pl)
1. The region around the mouth in various invertebrates: The
peristome is the membrane surrounding the mouth of invertebrate animals, like earthworms and protozoans. .
2. A natural biological structure that surrounds an opening, like a mouth or pore in plants and animals: A
peristome can be the fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule.
A peristome can also be the lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
phlebophlebostomy
(s) (noun), phlebophlebostomies
(pl)
A vein-to-vein surgical anastomosis: Dr. Smith explained to his students that the procedure of phlebophlebostomy involved the connection or linkage between two tubular structures, like linking the portal vein to the inferior vena cava
proton magnetometer
(s) (noun), proton magnetometers
(pl)
A scientific device that measures the strength of a magnetic field; proton precession magnetometer (PPM): A
proton magnetometer is an instrument designed to measure the frequency of the proton resonance in ordinary water.
A proton magnetometer is used in subsurface detection which records variation in the earth's magnetic field.
A proton magnetometer is also used in magnetic surveying for detecting changes in magnetic field intensity.
It takes intermittent measurements of absolute field strength.
pseudostoma
(s) (noun), pseudostomas
(pl)
A group of cells similar to a stoma: Sharon read about a pseudostoma in her book and learned that it didn't have any true aperture amidst them.
pyelostomy
(s) (noun), pyelostomies
(pl)
In surgery, the creation of an opening in the enal pelvis of a kidney: In medical school Greg learned about the procedure of pyelostomy in which an artificial opening is formed in the funnel shaped section of the kidney that collects urine in order to drain the urine out of the body when the usual passageway is somehow blocked.
pylorostomy
(s) (noun), pylorostomies
(pl)
A surgical opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach near the pylorus: A pylorostomy is the surgical formation of a fistula (opening) from the abdominal surface into the stomach near the pylorus.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract":
alveolo-;
antro-;
anu-;
celo-;
coelio-;
concho-;
fenestra-;
hernio-;
hiat-;
meato-;
ora-;
parieto-;
poro-;
pyl-, pyle-;
pylor-;
sphinctero-;
splanchn-;
syringo-;
uretero-;
urethro-;
vagino-;
ventricul-.
