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cholangiogastrostomy (medicine) and risus sardonicus (iou)


cholangiogastrostomy (medicine)


cholangiogastrostomy
<procedure> Formation of a communication between a bile duct and the stomach.

Origin: chol-+ G. Angeion, vessel, + gaster, belly, + stoma, mouth


risus sardonicus (iou)



risus sardonicus noun phr. L17.
[mod. Latin, from Latin risus laugh (from ridere to laugh) + medieval or mod. Latin sardonicus: cf. SARDONIC.]
Medicine. An involuntary grinning expression resulting from chronic abnormal contraction of the facial muscles, as in tetanus.