gossypiboma

== English == === Etymology === From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) and -oma (“mass”) === Noun === gossypiboma (plural gossypibomas) (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body after surgery. ==== Synonyms ==== (gauze left in a body): textiloma === References === Harvard University study on gossypiboma Report on gossypiboma by Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey