"ansotomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ansotomies [plural]
Etymology: ansa (“(anatomy) a loop-shaped structure”) + -otomy Etymology templates: {{q|anatomy}} (anatomy), {{af|en|-otomy}} -otomy Head templates: {{en-noun}} ansotomy (plural ansotomies)
  1. (surgery) The division of a loop, especially of one that forms a constriction.

Inflected forms

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