enteropexy

Fixation of a segment of the intestine to the abdominal wall. [entero- + G. pexis, fixation]

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n.

a surgical operation in which part of the intestine is fixed to the abdominal wall. This was formerly performed for visceroptosis (a condition in which the abdominal organs were thought to have descended to a lower than normal position), but it is no longer carried out.

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en·tero·pexy (enґtər-o-pek″se) [entero- + -pexy] surgical fixation of the intestine to the anterior or posterior abdominal wall, or occasionally of one segment to another.