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appendectomy
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appendectomy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun appendectomy has 1 sense
- appendectomy(n = noun.act) appendicectomy - surgical removal of the vermiform appendix; Array is a kind of ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation
CIDE DICTIONARY
appendectomy, n. [Appendix + Gr. , fr. excision.].
Excision of the vermiform appendix. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
appendectomy, n. (also appendicectomy) (pl. -ies) the surgical removal of the appendix.
Etymology
APPENDIX + -ECTOMY
THESAURUS
appendectomy
adenoidectomy, arteriectomy, castration, cholecystectomy, craniectomy, cricoidectomy, cystectomy, enterectomy, gastrectomy, hemorrhoidectomy, hysterectomy, mammectomy, mastectomy, mastoidectomy, nephrectomy, omphalectomy, oophorectomy, oophorocystectomy, orchidectomy, ovariectomy, pancreatectomy, penectomy, pericardiectomy, phrenicectomy, pneumonectomy, prostatectomy, salpingectomy, stapedectomy, tonsillectomy, ureterectomy, urethrectomy, vasectomy, venectomy
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