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venoperitoneostomy (medicine)


venoperitoneostomy
<procedure> An obsolete operation involving insertion of the cut end of the saphenous vein into the peritoneal cavity in cases of ascites; the vein is inverted so that the valves prevent regurgitation of blood into the cavity while the ascitic fluid flows into the vein.

Origin: veno-+ peritoneum + G. Stoma, mouth