(thing) by Eraser_ Sun Nov 05 2000 at 22:04:42
laparotomy: a surgical incision through the flank or loin or, less precisely, the abdominal wall, as for the purpose of exploring the morphology of the internal reproductive organs.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:48:19

Lap`a*rot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. loins + to cut.] Surg.

A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.

 

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