A surgical procedure that involves cutting into both a hernia and the intestine, typically to repair damage or create an opening between structures.
From Greek roots: 'hernio-' (hernia) + 'entero-' (intestine) + '-tomy' (cutting). This compound term combines three medical elements to describe a complex surgical intervention.
This is one of those ultra-specific surgical terms that modern surgeons rarely use because better techniques have been developed—it's a medical ghost word, preserved in old textbooks!
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