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APPENDECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does appendectomy mean?
• APPENDECTOMY (noun)
The noun APPENDECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
Familiarity information: APPENDECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
appendectomy; appendicectomy
Hypernyms ("appendectomy" is a kind of...):
ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
Context examples
The majority of the cases are asymptomatic, and they are found incidentally in appendectomy specimens.
(Appendix Enterochromaffin Cell Serotonin-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
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