ventriculotomy

ventriculotomy
Incision into a ventricle; e.g., into the cerebral third ventricle for the relief of hydrocephalus or into a cardiac ventricle to surgically correct an abnormality. [ventriculo- + G. tome, incision]

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ven·tric·u·lot·o·my ven-.trik-yə-'lät-ə-mē n, pl -mies surgical incision of a ventricle (as of the heart)

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ven·tric·u·lot·o·my (ven-trik″u-lotґə-me) [ventriculo- + -tomy] incision of a ventricle of the brain or heart.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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