See Also: valvotomy(medicine)
Valvotomy(health)
valvotomy(dictionary)
mitral valvotomy(medicine)
rectal valvotomy(medicine)
valvotomy knife(medicine)

valvotomy (iou)



valvotomy noun. E20.
[from VALVE noun + -O- + -TOMY.]
Medicine. (An instance of) a surgical operation in which an incision is made into a (narrowed) valve, esp. of the heart.