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APPENDICECTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does appendicectomy mean?
• APPENDICECTOMY (noun)
The noun APPENDICECTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
Familiarity information: APPENDICECTOMY 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 ("appendicectomy" is a kind of...):
ablation; cutting out; excision; extirpation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
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