#laparotomy  surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs
  subtype:  #laparoscopy  laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes)
  supertype:  #surgical_incision__incision__section  the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
     supertype:  #cut.opening__cutting  the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
        supertype:  #opening.change_of_integrity  becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"
           supertype:  #change_of_integrity  the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
              supertype:  #change  the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
                 supertype:  #action  something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
                    supertype:  #human_action__humanaction__act__human_activity__humanactivity  something that people do or cause to happen
                       supertype:  pm#process__proces  situation commonly considered as making a change during some period of time
                          supertype:  pm#situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                             supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                          supertype:  pm#process_or_process_description
                             supertype:  pm#processing_thing
                                supertype:  pm#thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
                                   supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                       supertype:  sumo#process__proces__physicalsituation  intuitively, the class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages; examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like pursuing and reading, and biological processes; sumo#process is not identical to pm#situation because an instance of pm#situation is not necessarily an instance of sumo#physical
                          supertype:  pm#situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                          supertype:  pm#process_or_process_description
                          supertype:  sumo#physical__physical_thing  an entity that has a location in space-time; locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time; click here for more details on the identical category sowa#physical_thing
                             supertype:  pm#thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type

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