Usually means: Surgical incision into the abdomen.
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  1. laparotomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. laparotomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. laparotomy: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. laparotomy: Wordnik
  6. laparotomy: Wiktionary
  7. laparotomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. laparotomy: Infoplease Dictionary
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  10. Laparotomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Laparotomy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. laparotomy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  14. Laparotomy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. laparotomy: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. laparotomy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. laparotomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Laparotomy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  9. laparotomy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  10. laparotomy: Medical dictionary
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  12. Laparotomy: Drug Medical Dictionary
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  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See laparotomies as well.)

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noun:  (surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.

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