English
hepatostomy
From hepato- + -stomy.
A compound of hepato- + -stomy
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’
Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’
Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’
English hepato-
Today it means
noun Surgical establishment of a fissure into the liver.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hepatostomy