Enteroenterostomy
enteroenterostomy en·ter·o·en·ter·os·to·my (ě’tə-rō-ěn’tə-rŏs’tə-mē)
n.
A surgical connection between two segments of intestine. Also called enteroanastomosis, intestinal anastomosis.
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