Etymology

gossypiboma

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Today it means: A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery. Full definition →

Latin gossypium
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  1. Latin · derived fromgossypium“cotton”
  2. English todaygossypiboma

From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) and -oma (“mass”)

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