vagotomy
noun
vagotomy is a noun meaning “The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-G-O-T-O-M-Y, and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vagotomy is vagotomies.
What does vagotomy mean?
noun
- 1
The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vagotomy
- vagotomies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vagotomy?
Vagotomy appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vagotomy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense surgery of the vagus nerve:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vagotomie |
| German | Vagotomie |
| Spanish | vagotomía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vagotomy come from?
From vago- + -tomy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).