See Also: choledochotomy(medicine)

peridium (iou) and choledochotomy (medicine)


peridium (iou)



peridium noun. . E19.
[Greek peridion dim. of pera wallet.]
Botany. The outer coat of a sporangium or Other fruiting body of a fungus.
peridial adjective L19.

choledochotomy (medicine)


choledochotomy
<procedure> Incision into the common bile duct.

Synonym: choledochendysis.

Origin: choledocho-+ G. Tome, incision