Synonyms & related words for cholecystotomy

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Words related to cholecystotomy

Explore words related to cholecystotomy — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include cholecyst, enterostomy, gallbladder, gastroenterostomy, enterotomy, gastrotomy, cholecystectomy, herniotomy. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does cholecystotomy come from?

The word cholecystotomy breaks down into 4 roots of Greek origin: chole-, from Greek chole (“bile”); cyst, from Greek kystis (“bladder, sac”); o, from Greek -o- (“connective vowel”); and -tomy, from Greek tome (“cutting, incision”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.