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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GASTROSTOMY

Gas *tros "to *my, n. Etym: [Gastro- + Gr. (Surg.)

Defn: The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.

New American Oxford Dictionary

gastrostomy

gas tros to my |gaˈsträstəmē ɡəˈstrɑstəmi | ▶noun ( pl. gastrostomies ) an opening into the stomach from the abdominal wall, made surgically for the introduction of food. • a surgical operation for making such an opening.

Oxford Dictionary

gastrostomy

gastrostomy |gaˈstrɒstəmi | ▶noun ( pl. gastrostomies ) an opening into the stomach from the abdominal wall, made surgically for the introduction of food. • a surgical operation for making a gastrostomy.