See Also: Roux-en-Y anastomosis(medicine)
anastomosis, Roux-en-Y(medicine)
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anastomosis, Roux-en-Y (medicine) and retro- (oh)


anastomosis, Roux-en-Y (medicine)


anastomosis, roux-en-y


A y-shaped surgical anastomosis of any part of the digestive system which includes the small intestine as the eventual drainage site.


retro- (oh)



[Language: Latin; Origin: retro 'backward']
back towards the past or an earlier state
::retroactive legislation (=laws which have an effect on things already done)
::a retrograde step (=returning to a worse state)