vagotomize
transitive verbva·got·o·mize
variants:
or chiefly British vagotomise \ vā-ˈgät-ə-ˌmīz 
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\vagotomized or chiefly British vagotomised; vagotomizing or chiefly British vagotomising
Medical Definition of vagotomize
: to perform a vagotomy on
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