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adhesiolysis

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin adhaesiōlbor. French adhésionder. English adhesion Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English adhesiolysis From adhesion + -lysis.

  1. derived from adhésion
  2. suffixed as adhesiolysis — “adhesion + lysis”

Definitions

  1. The cutting or removal of adhesions or scar tissue.

    • Where adhesiolysis is needed before progressing, we distinguish between vascular and avascular adhesiolysis.
    • The main reasons are technical difficulties in adhesiolysis and prolonged operative time.

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