valvulotomy

Etymology

From valvulo- + -tomy.

valvulotomy means A valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

A valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart“A few days after Bailey's success, on June 16, in Boston, Dr. Dwight Harken successfully performed his first valvulotomy for mitral stenosis.”