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vagotomy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English vago- Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English vagotomy From vago- + -tomy.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վագոտոմիա (vagotomia) — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Basque: bagotomia — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Catalan: vagotomia — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Esperanto: vagotomio — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Estonian: vagotoomia — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • French: vagotomie — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • German: Vagotomie — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Greek: βαγοτομή (vagotomí) — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Interlingua: vagotomia — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Italian: vagotomia — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Persian: واگوتومی (vâgutumy) — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Polish: wagotomia — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Romanian: vagotomie — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Russian: ваготоми́я (vagotomíja) — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Serbo-Croatian: вагото̀мија — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Serbo-Croatian: vagotòmija — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Spanish: vagotomía — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Tajik: ваготомия (vagotomiya) — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Ukrainian: ваготомі́я (vahotomíja) — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Uzbek: ваготомия (vagotomiya) — surgery of the vagus nerve
  • Uzbek: vagotomiya — surgery of the vagus nerve