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Fissure vs Sphincterotomy - What's the difference?

fissure | sphincterotomy |

As a verb fissure

is .

As a noun sphincterotomy is

(surgery) the surgical procedure for treating fissures in the mucosa of the anal canal, or sphincter.

fissure

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a crack or opening, as in a rock

    • Derived terms

    * fissure needle * fissure of Rolando * fissure of Sylvius * fissure vein

    Verb

    (fissur)
  • To split forming fissures.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    sphincterotomy

    English

    Noun

    (sphincterotomies)
  • (surgery) The surgical procedure for treating fissures in the mucosa of the anal canal, or sphincter.