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Foley Y-plasty pyeloplasty (medicine) and genuflect (iou)


Foley Y-plasty pyeloplasty (medicine)


Foley Y-plasty pyeloplasty


A reconstructive procedure for correction of ureteropelvic obstruction, whereby a Y-shaped flap of renal pelvis is advanced downward into a vertical incision in the upper ureter, thereby widening the ureteropelvic junction.

Synonym: Foley operation.


genuflect (iou)



genuflect verb. M17.
[ecclesiastical Latin genuflectere, from genu knee + flectere to bend.]
verb trans. Bend (the knee). Only in M17.
verb intrans. Chiefly in Catholic or Anglo-Catholic ritual: lower one knee (or both knees simultaneously) momentarily to the ground, as an act of worship. (Foll. by before, to.) M19.
b. fig. Display servile obedience or deference to. L19.
Janet Morgan The lower servants genuflected to those in higher authority.
genuflector noun a person who genuflects M19.
genuflectory adjective relating to genuflexion M19.