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caecostomy (medicine)


caecostomy
<procedure> Surgical construction of an opening into the caecum with a tube through the abdominal wall (tube caecostomy) or by skin level approach, in which the caecum is sewn to the surrounding peritoneum. Its primary purpose is decompression of colonic obstruction.


vaalhaai (iou)



vaalhaai noun. S. Afr. M20.
[Afrikaans, from Dutch vaal pale, tawny + haai shark.]
The tope or soupfin shark, Galeorhinus galeus.