gossypiboma

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) and -oma (“mass”)

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Particularly: “Where does the 'b' come from? Some sources claim a link with Kiswahili boma, "place of concealment"!”

Noun[edit]

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gossypiboma (plural gossypibomas)

  1. (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.
    The gossypiboma obstructed the patient's bowel.

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