English
adhesiotomy
From adhesion + -tomy.
A compound of adhesion + -tomy
Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’
Latin adhaereō ‘to cleave or stick to’
Latin adhaesiōnem
French adhésion ‘adhesion, adherence’
English adhesion
Today it means
noun The surgical procedure to divide or separate an adhesion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / adhesiotomy