A surgical procedure to create an opening from an intestinal cyst to the intestinal surface, allowing it to drain.
From 'entero-' (intestine), 'cyst' (sac), and '-oma' (which here means to create an opening, similar to '-stomy'). This surgical term combines elements to describe a drainage procedure for cystic lesions.
Instead of removing dangerous intestinal cysts through major surgery, doctors realized they could just punch a small hole to let them drain—it's like lancing a boil but inside your abdomen!
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