gossypiboma

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noun

A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.

“The gossypiboma obstructed the patient's bowel.”

Similar
textiloma
OriginLatin gossypium →
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Meanings

noungossypiboma (plural gossypibomas)

plural gossypibomas

  1. medicineA gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.

    The gossypiboma obstructed the patient's bowel.

    Synonyms: textiloma

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery.

Similar
textiloma

Origin

  1. Latingossypium“cotton”
  2. Englishgossypiboma

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

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APA

gossypiboma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossypiboma

MLA

“gossypiboma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossypiboma. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gossypiboma,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossypiboma.

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