Cholecystoileostomy
cholecystoileostomy cho·le·cys·to·il·e·os·to·my (kō’lĭ-sĭs’tō-ĭl’ē-ŏs’tə-mē)
n.
The surgical formation of a communication between the gallbladder and the ileum.
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