opening
Opening stands for:
- Opening (liturgy) , rites at the beginning of Christian services
- Opening (chess) , beginning of a game of chess
- Vernissage , opening of an art exhibition
- Overture , opening of a stage work
- Opening in procedural law, see opening decision
- The opening , first sura in the Quran, see Al-Fātiha
an operative exposure in surgery:
- Arthrotomy , opening of a joint
- Gastrotomy , opening of the stomach
- Laparotomy , opening of the abdominal cavity
- Relaparotomy , reopening of the abdominal cavity
- Thoracotomy , opening of the rib cage
- Tracheotomy , opening of the windpipe
See also
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title contains opening
- Opening (disambiguation)
- Prologue (disambiguation)
- Inauguration (disambiguation)
- Opening (disambiguation)
Wiktionary: opening - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
