Bariatric surgery
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000636
Surgical techniques, such as gastric banding, gastric bypass, gastroplasty, and biliopancreatic diversion, performed on the stomach and/or intestines of severely obese individuals for weight reduction.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-000636 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Animals, Livestock, One Health |
| Synonyms | gastric bypass |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Surgery |
| Translations | Spanish: cirugía bariátrica |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-000636",
"term": "Bariatric surgery",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "Surgical techniques, such as gastric banding, gastric bypass, gastroplasty, and biliopancreatic diversion, performed on the stomach and/or intestines of severely obese individuals for weight reduction.",
"synonyms": [
"gastric bypass"
],
"subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
"see_also": [
"surgery"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "cirugía bariátrica"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/bariatric-surgery/"
}
Record 630 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.