A surgical incision made through the stomach and into the vagina, an extremely rare procedure used in certain gynecological operations.
From Greek 'gastro-' (stomach), 'colpos' (vagina), and '-tomy' (incision). The term describes a surgical approach through multiple anatomical spaces.
This procedure represents an unusual surgical approach that demonstrates how anatomists understood the spatial relationships between organs—it's a reminder that surgery sometimes requires creative anatomical thinking.
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