Ĕn'ter-ŏt'o-my, n.
n. [Gr. ἔντερον, intestine, and τομή, a cutting, from τέμνειν, to cut.]
Sense 1. (Anat.) The act, or art, of dissecting the intestines; dissection of the intestines.
Sense 2. (Surg.) Incision of the intestines in reducing certain cases of hernia.