A surgical procedure involving an incision into the abdomen and the vagina together.
Combining Greek koilia (belly), elytra (a cover or sheath), and -tomy (cutting). This is a medical term constructed from Greek roots to describe a specific dual-incision surgical technique.
Medical terminology like this shows how doctors from different countries could understand each other's procedures using Latin and Greek—it's like a universal language for surgery that doctors created centuries ago.
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