| truncal | Relating to the trunk of the body or to any arterial or nerve trunk, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vagotomy, truncal | Bilateral dissection of the abdominal branches of the vagus nerve. It is used frequently in the surgical management of duodenal and gastric ulcers, as well as in physiologic studies of gastrointestinal secretion and motility. (12 Dec 1998) |
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