ventriculoatriostomy

/vɛnˌtrɪkjəloʊˌeɪtriˈɑstəmi/

noun

A surgical establishment of a shunt to drain cerebrospinal fluid (as in hydrocephalus) from a ventricle of the brain to the right atrium.

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Meanings

nounventriculoatriostomy (plural ventriculoatriostomies)

plural ventriculoatriostomies

  1. medicineA surgical establishment of a shunt to drain cerebrospinal fluid (as in hydrocephalus) from a ventricle of the brain to the right atrium.

Origin

From ventriculo- + atrio- + -stomy

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