arteriovenostomy

Etymology

From arterio- + veno- + -ostomy.

noun

  1. The implantation of a shunt or cannula for chronic renal dialysis.“Arteriovenostomies occurred slightly less than 30,000 times in 1992; between 1986 and 1992, the rate increased by 34 percent in white beneficiaries and by 73 percent in black beneficiaries.”