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gas·tro·gas·tros·to·my (gas″tro-gas-trosґtə-me) [gastro- + gastro- + -stomy] surgical creation of an anastomosis between the pyloric and cardiac ends of the stomach, usually performed because of hourglass contraction of the middle third of the stomach; also, the anastomosis so established.Medical dictionary. 2011.
gastroanastomosis — SYN: gastrogastrostomy. * * * gas·tro·anas·to·mo·sis .ga (.)strō ə .nas tə mō səs n, pl mo·ses .sēz the formation by surgical means of a communication between the pyloric and cardiac ends of the stomach when the normal channel is obstructed or… … Medical dictionary
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