Medical Term
vagotomy
the cutting of fibres of the VAGUS NERVE to the STOMACH . The operation can be performed to reduce the STOMACH'S acid and pepsin secretion in treatment of a PEPTIC ULCER .
Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug
vagotomythe cutting of fibres of the VAGUS NERVE to the STOMACH . The operation can be performed to reduce the STOMACH'S acid and pepsin secretion in treatment of a PEPTIC ULCER .
vagotomy