A surgical instrument used to cut or remove the appendix.
From Latin 'appendix' combined with Greek 'tome' meaning 'cutting.' This medical term was created in the 19th century alongside the development of appendix surgery.
When appendicitis became a known disease in the 1800s, surgeons literally invented new tools and words to handle it—'appendotome' is a testament to how medical crises spark linguistic innovation!
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