ventriculocisternostomy
noun
                                                                                                                            
                                                            ven·tric·u·lo·cis·ter·nos·to·my
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  -ˌsis-tər-ˈnäs-tə-mē  
                                                      
                                                          
            
            
               plural ventriculocisternostomies            
        
    
                                
              
          
                                                      : the surgical establishment of a communication between a ventricle of the brain and the subarachnoid space and especially the cisterna magna to drain cerebrospinal fluid especially in hydrocephalus                                      
                
                    
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