cardiopexy

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Etymology[edit]

cardio- +‎ -pexy

Noun[edit]

cardiopexy (countable and uncountable, plural cardiopexies)

  1. (surgery) The fixing in place of the heart by means of a ligature
    • 2015 July 27, Ruelan V. Furtado et al., “Massive hiatus hernia complicated by jaundice”, in Journal of Surgical Case Reports[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      Total fundoplication and cardiopexy were performed as described by D'Netto et al .

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