According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
GASTROSTOMY
gastrostomy
(noun) surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gastrostomy (plural gastrostomies)
(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an opening in the stomach as part of an operation
Source: Wiktionary
Gas*tros"to*my, n. Etym: [Gastro- + Gr. (Surg.)
Definition: The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
10 January 2025
INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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