"fundoplication" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fundoplications [plural]
Etymology: From fundus and plication. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fundoplication (plural fundoplications)
  1. (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm. Wikipedia link: fundoplication Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-fundoplication-en-noun-yz5tpUE7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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