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vagotomy
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[veɪˈɡɒtəmi], (Noun)
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- a surgical operation in which one or more branches of the vagus nerve are cut, typically to reduce the rate of gastric secretion (e.g. in treating peptic ulcers)
(e.g: some of these patients had had vagotomy in the past)
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