Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gastroenterostomy

1 sense of gastroenterostomy

Sense 1
gastroenterostomy -- (surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")