A surgical incision or opening made into both the stomach and the uterus.
From gastro- (stomach) + hystero- (uterus) + -tomy (Greek tome, cutting or incision). This rare term describes a procedure where surgical openings are made in both organs, possibly to access something between them or to treat both simultaneously.
This extraordinarily rare procedure would only be necessary in extreme circumstances—perhaps to remove a large tumor that's stuck between the stomach and uterus, or in cases of severe trauma. It's one of those surgical terms that shows how physicians have technical names for almost every possible combination of body parts.
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